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US Army unit in Poland the first to field new rocket system

January 6, 2025
A Germany-based artillery brigade is now the first Army unit fully equipped with the service’s next-generation Multiple Launch Rocket System. In November, soldiers with the 41st Field Artillery Brigade in Grafenwoehr, Germany, completed the replacement of their legacy M270A1 MLRS platforms with the A2 variant, according to an Army release. “The major difference we have seen with the M270A2 is…
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Navy, Air Force cleared to fly Ospreys after inspecting gears

January 3, 2025
The Navy and Air Force are now cleared to resume flying their grounded V-22 Ospreys after conducting inspections on a crucial gearbox in the tiltrotor aircraft, and some are already back in the air. The military temporarily stopped flying some Ospreys on Dec. 9 after a near crash in New Mexico in November. The Marines soon resumed its Osprey flights, but the Navy and Air Force kept them on the…
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Army, Navy conduct key hypersonic missile test

December 18, 2024
The Army and Navy on Thursday completed a successful all-up round test of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body, potentially paving the way for the services to begin fielding the long-awaited system. The glide body was developed jointly between the two services. The Army plans to…
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Poland buys Sky Guardian drones as it readies to launch ‘Drone Force’

December 18, 2024
WARSAW, Poland — Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has signed a deal to purchase an undisclosed number of MQ-9B Sky Guardian drones for the Polish Armed Forces. The new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be part of the military’s new component to be launched next month, the Drone Force. “A few months ago, I declared the creation of the Drone Force which is now becoming a…
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Military pauses Osprey flights again after near crash

December 11, 2024
The Pentagon is temporarily pausing flights again of its fleet of V-22 Ospreys after weakened metal components possibly played a role in another near crash, the latest setback for an embattled aircraft whose safety problems have grown. The pause was recommended last week “out of an abundance of caution” by Vice Adm. Carl Chebi, the head of Naval Air Systems Command, which runs the Osprey…
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