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 UK and Fujitsu has secured a wide-ranging navy training deal in a 12 year agreement worth up to £2 billion, or $2.7…
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.
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 football at West Point.
A week after hosting service-academy rival Navy, Army is welcoming Air Force to Michie Stadium. The Black…
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…
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 bleeding at the Medical Simulation Training Center on Fort Stewart, Georgia, on Dec. 2, 2020. (U.S Army photo by Pfc. Aaliyah…
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…
Newt Gingrich and loyalists tapped for Defense Policy Board as Henry Kissinger is ousted
December 15, 2020
WASHINGTON ― The Trump administration continued efforts to replace Pentagon advisers with loyalists as it tapped former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and others Monday to replace ousted members of the Defense Policy Board, an independent outside body.
Weeks after former…
U.S. Army Sgt. Gage Stancell, right, looks through binoculars as Sgt. Gentry Squier describes where he saw a drone during an unmanned aerial system training exercise at Erbil Air Base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, April 24, 2020. (U.S. Army/Spc. Angel Ruszkiewicz)
The Army could be required to find a new capability for countering the increasing threat of enemy unmanned drones and get it ready…
