WASHINGTON — Downed drones littered the battlefield at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona during a live-fire test of the Stryker-based Short-Range Air Defense system prototypes with 50-kilowatt lasers, according to the director of Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office.
“When they got out on the range, they were knocking targets out of the sky, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3…
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Two years after a Japanese air force pilot and his American instructor died in a military jet crash in Alabama, officials are mulling whether a U.S.-run program that teaches English to foreign aviators is partly to blame.
The…
DAYTON, Ohio — A congressional push to block the U.S. Air Force’s plan to retire 33 F-22s could have ripple effects for one of the service’s top priority programs, the Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
The Air Force’s proposal to cut the F-22s is part of a broader plan…
Boeing, Nammo test Ramjet 155 artillery weapon
April 19, 2023
WASHINGTON ― Boeing and Nammo have jointly test-fired a Ramjet 155 weapon, amid the U.S. Army’s efforts to modernize its long-range precision fire capability.
During the June 28 test at the Andøya Test Center in Norway, the Ramjet 155 was fired from an L39 cannon and its engine successfully ignited, according to a statement from Boeing, an American firm partnered with the Norwegian company to…
Army Space, Cyber and Special Operations commands form ‘triad’ to strike anywhere, anytime
April 18, 2023
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army’s space, cyber and special operations commands said they formed a “triad” to enhance operational capability across all domains.
The triad concept is to integrate and converge inherent capability from U.S. Army Space and Missile…
DAYTON, Ohio — The U.S. Air Force is trying to speed up a contract award in its plan to buy Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail early warning and control aircraft to protect the program from a potential continuing resolution that could limit available funds.
The Air Force selected…
Warship rust is a perennial point of debate among active-duty and veteran surface fleet sailors.
Some argue that a bit of rust following a long underway reflects the hard work that the vessel and its crew undertook, while others think rusty gray hulls are “unsat” by their very nature and project a shabby version of U.S. military might.
Out in the West Pacific waters of U.S. 7th Fleet, the…
Facebook Live Copied Tech from Combat Veteran's App, Jury Finds in $175 Million Verdict
September 22, 2022
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The parent company of Facebook and Instagram was ordered to pay nearly $175 million for violating patents held by the maker of a push-to-talk app founded by a former Green Beret who had sought to solve battlefield communications problems he encountered in…
Soldier Who Said He Wanted Combat Experience to Kill Black People Booted After FBI Probe
September 6, 2022
This Jan. 4, 2020, photo shows a sign for Fort Bragg, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)
A former paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division who has been arrested said he enlisted to become more proficient at killing Black people and made overt references to white…
Army Grounds Entire Chinook Fleet Over Engine Fire RiskArmy Grounds Entire Chinook Fleet Over Engine Fire Risk
August 31, 2022
Army Grounds Entire Chinook Fleet Over Engine Fire Risk
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies over Baumholder Training Area, Baumholder, Germany, during aerial gunnery tables Feb. 24, 2021 as part of the 1st Battalion, 124th Aviation Regiment’s battalion field exercise, Cougar Flurry. (Ryan C. Matson/U.S. Army)
31 Aug 2022
Military.com | By Rebecca…
