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Estimated development costs for the F-35′s modernization program increased by $1.9B in a year

March 19, 2021
WASHINGTON — The estimated development costs for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s ongoing modernization program grew by $1.9 billion since 2019, and the effort is expected to extend though 2027, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a new March 18 report. Over the course of the F-35′s Block 4 modernization program, which officially began in 2018, the Pentagon will upgrade the…
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NTC's New OPFOR Combat Vehicles Will Look and Perform Like Modern Enemy Battle Wagons

March 18, 2021
A soldier with the 3rd Infantry Division’s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team peers around a corner during a May 8 urban training battle at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. The opposing force (OPFOR) armored vehicle has a flashing amber light indicating that it has been knocked out during the battle. Matthew Cox/Military.com Army training officials said Wednesday that the…
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Autonomous Drones Proved Themselves in Army Ammo Resupply Tests. Now, the XVIII Airborne Wants In

March 16, 2021
Soldiers participating in Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE) 2021 at Fort Benning, Georgia carry two five-gallon water cans strapped together that were delivered by an autonomous quadcopter. (U.S. Army) Army maneuver officials are pushing for additional testing of aerial resupply by autonomous drones — which could become a dependable lifeline for delivering ammunition and water…
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New US Army doctrine coming summer 2022

March 16, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Army is expected to release its new doctrine, one that describes how the service will operate in the future across air, land, sea, space and cyberspace, in summer 2022, Lt. Gen. D. Scott McKean, the director of the Army Futures and Concepts Center under…
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The Air Force has its first F-15EX

March 12, 2021
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force took delivery March 10 of the first F-15EX from Boeing and will soon begin testing the new jet, the service said Thursday. The Air Force signed off on the acceptance of the first F-15EX at the company’s St. Louis facility, the service said in a news release. A photo from Boeing shows the aircraft en route to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. “This is a…
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