U.S. soldiers fire an M142 High Mobility Rocket System during Exercise Balikatan 24 at Rizal, Philippines, May 2024.(Cpl. Kyle Chan/U.S. Army)
The U.S. Army command for the Indo-Pacific finds itself at the front of the service’s transformation initiative, incorporating new unit types created to facilitate rapid adaptation to adversary tactics, according to U.S. Army Pacific Command chief…
Italy’s Avio expands to fill US Army solid rocket motor orders
October 14, 2024
U.S. Marines fire a HIMARS rocket during a March 2024 exercise in South Korea. (Cpl. Davin Tenbusch/Marine Corps)
ROME — Italy’s biggest rocket and missile motor manufacturer, Avio, is set to triple production within five years as the American military and industry…
How the Navy’s top officer will prep the service for war with China
September 24, 2024
A fighter jet maneuvers on the deck of the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea on June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue). WASHINGTON — The Navy is taking lessons from its combat in the Red Sea over the past year and what Ukraine has done to hold off the…
Australian Army to grow, diversify its drone fleet
September 24, 2024
Australian soldiers participate in a training exercise near Darwin, Australia, on Aug. 26, 2023. (David Gray/AFP via Getty Images)
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian Army seeks to lean more heavily on aerial drones, with a comprehensive upgrade program for all size classes now in the pipeline, according to a service official.
“My prediction, ahead of any formal requirement being…
US has accepted 36 upgraded F-35s since lifting delivery pause
September 24, 2024
The Pentagon refused deliveries of new F-35s until Lockheed Martin developed a partial version of its latest upgrade software. (Staff Sgt. Zachary Rufus/Air Force)
The U.S. has officially accepted 36 new Lockheed Martin-made F-35 Joint Strike Fighters since lifting a…
Air Force Plans to Grow Recruiter Ranks for 2025 Goal
September 23, 2024
The Air Force plans to grow its recruiter ranks to help it meet an ambitious 2025 goal. (Master Sgt. Kevin Nichols/Air Force)
The Air Force said Monday it will meet its recruitment goals in fiscal 2024, one year after all components of the service missed the mark for…
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye: The Next Gen of Electronic Warfare
September 23, 2024
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft conduct a test flight near St. Augustine, Florida. (Courtesy of Northrup Grumman).The Navy in August awarded a $587.4 million contract to L3Harris Technologies to develop the Next Generation Jammer Low Band system for select aircraft, according to a Navy release.
The jammer system will be “increasing the lethality” of 4th and 5th generation platforms and…
Italy Defense Procurement: New F-35A Jets and Eurofighters
September 23, 2024
An F-35A Lightning II flies over Arizona, April 24, 2024. (A1C Mason Hargrove/Air Force)
ROME — Italy is to purchase 25 extra F-35 jets as well as new Eurofighters as its defense procurement spending rises 16.8% this year to €9.3 billion, or $10.3 billion, a new…
What lessons did the US Army learn from the Gaza aid pier mission?
September 2, 2024
It was their most challenging mission.
U.S. Army soldiers in the 7th Transportation Brigade had previously set up a pier during training and in exercises overseas but never had dealt with the wild combination of turbulent weather, security threats and sweeping personnel…
How in-house tech and soldier tinkering is changing the Army
August 30, 2024
FORT JOHNSON, Louisiana – A new Army-made software application is allowing soldiers to identify a target and send a fire mission in under a minute when it used to take 15 minutes. Those same soldiers have rigged cheap drones with a cheap, off-the-shelf circuit board and sensor to make electronic decoys of their command posts, throwing enemy fires off target.
This brave new world in Army…
