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US Army floats the option of fielding high-altitude balloons

November 10, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is now carving out a path to field high-altitude balloons to provide an additional but less expensive layer of communications, connectivity, range extension and surveillance capabilities, adding resiliency to the service’s existing architecture of space assets and aircraft supporting multidomain operations. Recent tests and experiments with high-altitude balloons…
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Army Head Coach Monken: COVID Won't Shut Down Team

November 8, 2020
FILE – Army head coach Jeff Monken watches in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sept. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) Even as Army head coach Jeff Monken disputes the COVID-19 reasoning for canceling…
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Lockheed Martin to build mid-range missile prototype for US Army

November 7, 2020
WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin has been chosen to build the U.S. Army’s new mid-range missile prototype, landing a nearly $340 million contract to take elements from Navy missiles to forge the new weapon, the service’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office announced Nov. 6. Through an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement, Lockheed will take the U.S. Navy’s…
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Teenage Fort Jackson Soldier Dies While Training on Rifle Range, Army Officials Say

November 7, 2020
A soldier participates in Weapons Qualification on the M16 Assault Rifle at the firing range on Fort Jackson, South Carolina, on May 13, 2019. (Army photo by Michael Mascari) A Fort Jackson, South Carolina, soldier died after being injured on the rifle training range, base officials announced Friday. “Our hearts are heavy for our teammate, the unit soldiers and all the family…
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Army-Air Force Football Game Is Postponed; West Point Quarantines 110 Cadets

November 6, 2020
Air Force takes to the field before a football game against Boise State on Oct. 31, 2020 in Falcon Stadium at the U.S. Air Force Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Trevor Cokley) The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed another Army football game, and this is a big one. An outbreak of the coronavirus at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has forced the postponement of the…
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