WASHINGTON — An effort to pursue a mid-range missile capable of going after maritime targets using the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) has been terminated, according to the fiscal 2021 defense spending bill released Dec. 21.
The bill, which emerged from conference committee, has zeroed out the Cross-Domain ATACMS program due to the program being terminated. The Pentagon had requested…
WASHINGTON — Buried inside the massive $2.3 trillion spending package passed by Congress on Monday was a $286 million lifeline for General Atomics that will keep the Air Force buying MQ-9 Reaper drones at least one more year.
In its fiscal 2021 budget request, the Air…
LONDON — An industry consortium led by Capita is taking over Royal Navy personnel training in a deal awarded earlier this month by the Ministry of Defence.
The British company announced via Linked-In that a consortium it is leading alongside Raytheon UK, Elbit Systems…
Army long-range cannon gets direct hit on target 43 miles away
December 22, 2020
WASHINGTON — The Army’s Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) system under development hit a target 43 miles away — or 70 kilometers — on the nose at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, Dec. 19, using an Excalibur extended-range guided artillery shell, according to Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, who is in charge of the service’s Long-Range Precision Fires modernization.
“I don’t think our…
Lockheed Martin buys Aerojet Rocketdyne in $4.4B deal
December 21, 2020
WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin will acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne in a $4.4 billion deal that will allow the defense giant to beef up its technical know-how in the areas of space, propulsion and munitions, the companies announced Dec. 20.
The acquisition signals Lockheed’s…
Air Force Visits Army; Service Academy Supremacy at Stake
December 18, 2020
Army quarterback Tyhier Tyler celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
The coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented two-week stretch of…
Navajo Nation Vice President Myron Lizer met with Maj. Gen. John F. King, commander of Contingency Command Post 1 and Task Force 51 for U.S. Army North and the Joint Force Land Component Command, to discuss the deployment of the military medical personnel in Window Rock, Ariz., on Dec. 14, 2020. (Courtesy photo by Navajo Nation)
The military has sent medical personnel to the vast Navajo Nation…
US Army and South Korea’s Hanwha will research projects together
December 17, 2020
WASHINGTON — Hanwha, South Korea’s largest defense company, and the U.S. Army have signed an agreement to research and develop defense systems and technologies together, according to a statement from the Asian firm.
The Cooperative Research and Development Agreement…
Army Combat Medics Evaluate Lifelike Female Trauma Mannequin
December 17, 2020
Capt. Daniel Karakas (right), a medical corps officer at Winn Army Community Hospital, checks a female mannequin for breathing, while Spc. Ekya Graham, an aviation operation specialist assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, holds pressure on a wound to stop…
The F-35′s interoperability tech strengthens US alliances
December 16, 2020
The U.S. State Department recently gave the green light to Finland and Switzerland to purchase the F-35 aircraft. It’s not a fait accompli — the F-35 still needs to win each country’s competitions — but it’s telling that two friendly, but non-NATO, European countries are seriously considering the adoption of America’s fifth-generation, front-line fighter as their own.
The interest…
