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Air Force gets new public affairs director | This story was originally published at 556 p.m. EDT May 12, 2016. The Air Force will soon have a new director of public affairs.spokesman, according to an internal Pentagon leadership announcement. , Brig. Gen. Edward Thomas, Jr. is moving into the job from his current position as head , is poised to lead the Air Force... |
Army narrows locations for new Futures Command to 15 | WASHINGTON - There are now 15 cities the Army will choose from to host its new modernization command, the service told Congress, where lawmakers are lobbying to attract it. The Army says Army Futures Command headquarters, with less than 500 personnel, will be located in either Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, ... |
Polands defense minister Making the constant effort to strengthen defense | Nowadays, identifying global security trends is a tricky business. Every day we convince ourselves how the unpredictable becomes reality. The complexity of the modern world and its various aspects multidimensionality of the security environment, the volatile behavior of some state and nonstate actors, continuous devel... |
Pentagons inspector general to launch probe into certification of SpaceX rockets but its unclear wh | WASHINGTON The Pentagon's inspector general is launching an investigation as to whether the U.S. Air Force improperly certified SpaceX launch systems, it announced Monday. "Our objective is to determine whether the U.S. Air Force complied with the Launch Services New Entrant Certification Guide when certifying the lau... |
Navy to limit some training that harms whales in Pacific | HONOLULU The Navy agreed to limit its use of sonar and other training that inadvertently harms whales, dolphins and other marine mammals off Hawaii and California in a settlement with environmental groups approved Monday. A centerpiece of the agreement signed by a federal judge in Honolulu includes limits or bans on m... |
US wont strike remaining ISIS fighters migrating to western Syria | As U.S. and coalition forces focus on the few remaining pockets of Islamic State fighters along the Euphrates River Valley in Syria, they've seen some of those militants escape to regime-controlled areas to the west. , There are no plans for either U.S. or coalition forces to go after them. , "We are seeing the movemen... |
Why US forces remain near Manbij while ISIS has moved elsewhere in Syria | The final pockets of Islamic State fighters in Syria are hundreds of miles from the northern Syrian town of Manbij, but U.S. forces will remain there to prevent ISIS fighters from returning, the Pentagon said Tuesday. , The U.S. will say publicly it has about 2,000 troops in Syria. An untold number of them are concentr... |
Carrier Carl Vinson spearheads Hawaii fishing boat rescue | When a lilliputian fishing boat ran aground Friday morning in shallow waters off the Hawaiian island of Niihau, the Navy sent one of its biggest behemoths to rescue it. All 227 million pounds of the Nimitz-class supercarrier Carl Vinson heaved to help the five stranded mariners, but it didn't have to go far the distre... |
Will longer basic training make stronger infantrymen The Army is adding 8 weeks to OSUT to find out | The Army is on a quest to build better soldiers from top to bottom, and the next step might be to extend the amount of time spent making them. The Army is moving forward with a pilot program to extend infantry one-station unit training by eight weeks, according to the service's top enlisted soldier. "We have packed a l... |
Americas greatest advantage against China is slowly eroding | WASHINGTON For several years, Pentagon officials have been sounding the alarm about China's growing military abilities, with a particular focus on how Beijing has closed the technology gap between the two nations. But when discussing that, officials and experts often also note that the U.S. remains ahead in a key capa... |
General Dynamics to pump nearly 2 billion into its shipyards | WASHINGTON General Dynamics is investing about 2 billion into its shipyards in the coming years to meet the demands of a growing U.S. fleet, the company's top executive said Wednesday during an earnings call. "In response to the significant increased demand from our Navy customer across all three of our shipyards, we'... |
Woodward book says John Kelly privately called President Trump an idiot | WASHINGTON An upcoming book by journalist Bob Woodward says President Donald Trump's chief of staff privately called Trump an "idiot" and aides plucked sensitive documents off the president's desk to keep him from taking rash actions. The book is the latest tell-all to roil the Trump administration with explosive anec... |
Wanted Iron Man suits for special operations troops | U.S. Special Operations Command is once again seeking proposals for a Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS, according to a broad agency announcement posted in December. , Commonly dubbed an "Iron Man" suit, the announcement highlights TALOS' role as part of a "long-term goal to develop technologies which can ... |
The White House has revealed massive mission creep in Syria Heres why | The Islamic State is on the brink of total military defeat but don't expect U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria to be coming home anytime soon. The Islamic State's caliphate has collapsed. They have almost no territory remaining except for a small piece of eastern Syria and the militants appear to have very little combat po... |
Air Mobility Command looks to space to better perform its mission | Air Mobility Command airmen are used to navigating through airspace around the globe, but their commander wants to aim a little bit higher. Gen. Carlton Everhart said he's exploring how the command could move some of its mobility mission into outer space. "I truly believe we can use mobility to take personnel and suppl... |
Japan moves forward on F35 buy aircraft carrier transformation | TOKYO Japan is expected to announce new defense guidelines next week that would transform its newest warship into an aircraft carrier and pave the way for a major purchase of as many as 147 F-35s, the parliamentary vice minister of defense for Japan's ruling party said Wednesday. Converting Japan's newest warship, the... |
Army makes military history with first Muslim divisionlevel chaplain | This summer, Lt. Col. Khallid Shabazz will become the first Muslim to be a division-level chaplain in the history of the U.S. military, according to McClatchy. As chaplain of the Army's 7th Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, Shabazz will be the spiritual leader for more than 14,000 soldi... |
Japan and South Korea face headwinds on homegrown jets | MELBOURNE, Australia Japan's and South Korea's aspirations for homegrown fighter jets have run into headwinds, even though both are set to press on with their respective projects. The two Asian nations are customers of the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, but are keen to develop their indigenou... |
Pakistan TestFires NuclearCapable Missile | ISLAMABAD Pakistan on Wednesday test-fired a ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, the military said. The Ghauri Ballistic Missile has a range of 1,300 kilometers 807 miles and can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads. It came a month after the test-firing of the surface-to-surface nuclear-c... |
Commissary employees to get shopping benefits | RICHMOND, Va. Commissary employees will be allowed to shop in commissaries, probably by the end of June. , "We certainly expect the employees to be pleased," said Michael Dowling, deputy director and chief operating officer of the Defense Commissary Agency, at a meeting of the American Logistics Association here. He s... |
The Army general who redefined warfighting for soldiers retires after four decades in uniform | The man who has likely shaped not only the future of Army doctrine but likely how all of the services will fight future, complex wars for decades to come, had no plans to even join the military. It was a chance trip to the United States Naval Academy that ultimately led Gen. David Perkins to consider the military at al... |
Key Democrat fighting plan to slash Pentagon agencies | WASHINGTON The House Armed Services Committee's top Democrat is pushing back on a proposal to shutter seven Pentagon support agencies and slash 25 percent from the budgets of most of the others. Washington Democratic Rep. Adam Smith said he had "serious concerns" about the impact HASC Chairman Mac Thornberry's new pro... |
Trump and Modi exchange hugs herald stronger USIndia ties | WASHINGTON Hugging outside the White House Monday, President Donald Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi heralded an increasingly close strategic partnership as the U.S. branded a top militant from neighboring Pakistan as a "global terrorist." , Trump declared he was "true friend" of India and said relations... |
Ship owners to pay US government for Fitzgerald collision | The owners of a massive merchant vessel that collided with the warship Fitzgerald in 2017, drowning seven sailors, have agreed to pay the U.S. government nearly 27 million as part of a settlement agreement. The two-page deal, obtained by Navy Times, states that is it's governed by Japanese law. Both the Fitzgerald and ... |
Amid beret backlash the Armys SFAB soldiers focus on training deployment | FORT POLK, La. It's been less than three months since social media erupted over the news that soldiers in the Army's new Security Force Assistance Brigade would receive their own colored beret and patches. But soldiers in the unit are not focused on those uniform items, leaders said. "Here inside the SFAB, honestly, w... |
Absent at Munich Placing cybersecurity on the main stage of geopolitics | Every year, the Munich Security Conference brings together heads of state, leaders of multinational organizations and private companies to discuss the world's most pressing security issues. And every year, cybersecurity gets short shrift because policymakers are more comfortable with a traditional approach to geopoliti... |
Air Force will bring back up to 1000 retirees to plug gap in pilots other rated officers | As many as 1,000 recently retired Air Force pilots, combat systems officers and air battle managers could return to active duty under a major new expansion of a recall program. The Air Force announced Wednesday it will expand the Voluntary Retired Return to Active Duty program as part of its effort to ease serious mann... |
Putin and Assad meet as Russia plans to scale back military presence in Syria | MOSCOW Syrian President Bashar Assad was asked to come to Russia to get him to agree to potential peace initiatives drafted by Russia, Iran and Turkey as Russia prepares to scale down its military presence in the country's civil war, the Kremlin said Tuesday. Vladimir Putin hosted his Syrian counterpart in the Black S... |
Watch a B52 bomb an ISIS weapon facility for the first time in Iraq | This story was originally published at 905 p.m. EDT April 21, 2016. Only in the Middle East for a few weeks, U.S. Air Force B-52s called to the fight against the Islamic State group have received glowing praise from officials who yearned for their precision-guided bombs. And they're delivering. "The International Coali... |
GAO Nuclear command and control improving but need longterm view | WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force has done a good job fixing near-term issues with the nuclear command and control structure but is still struggling to get a handle on long-term issues, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. The Pentagon is undergoing a massive recapitalization of its entire nuclear e... |
Mattis Afghans boost troop vetting after insider attacks | WASHINGTON The Afghan military has increased its vetting of local forces working with American troops as a result of recent insider attacks that killed two U.S. service members, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday. Mattis was making his first public comments about his meetings in Afghanistan last week when he ra... |
Results are in Heres how much NATO allies spent on defense in 2017 | BRUSSELS After a lengthy trend downward in defense spending, there has been, "for the first time in many years," three consecutive years of increases, said NATO's annual report for 2017. At the 2014 summit in Wales, NATO signed up to a Defence Investment Pledge' which called for all allies that did not already meet th... |
Officials In policy shift US open to meeting with Taliban | WASHINGTON The United States is open to holding direct talks with the Taliban to encourage negotiations between the militant group and the Afghan government to end 17 years of war, U.S. officials said. That marks a tactical shift by the Trump administration, which has previously only appeared willing to participate in... |
British Naval Commander Wants US Marine Aviation on Aircraft Carrier | ROSYTH, Scotland The commander of HMS Queen Elizabeth, Britain's new aircraft carrier, would like to see US Marine Corps F-35Bs and V-22s embark for up to nine months at a time once the warship becomes operational. "We'll certainly see some footprint aboard the ship. The big question is do they deploy with us much lon... |
Air Force secretary China Russia could shoot down new JSTARS on day one of a war | Even a new version of the Air Force's JSTARS battlefield management and control aircraft would be vulnerable to being shot out of the sky during the opening salvo of a conflict with Russia or China, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told lawmakers Thursday. As part of its proposed fiscal 2019 budget, the Air Force wan... |
General Electric wins 517 million contract to build engines for Armys next generation helicopters | WASHINGTON General Electric Aviation beat the Advanced Turbine Engine Company a Honeywell and Pratt Whitney team to win the 517 million award for the engineering, manufacturing and development phase of the Improved Turbine Engine Program, or ITEP. "We are honored to be chosen by the Army to continue powering their ... |
Underwater Will rising debt spark Pentagon cutbacks | WASHINGTON The U.S. government's annual budget deficit is set to grow to 1 trillion in 2020 and record levels afterward, part of a gloomy economic outlook from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The report comes amid military spending increases to counter Russia and China, raising the question of how those i... |
82nd Airborne engineers win Best Sapper title third time in a row | For the third time in a row, two soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division have been named the Army's Best Sappers. Capt. Jason Bahmer and Sgt. 1st Class David Rizo on Thursday claimed the top spot in the 2016 Best Sapper Competition, besting 94 other competitors in the grueling three-day competition at Fort Leonard Woo... |
Puerto Rico National Guard identifies nine airmen killed in WC130 crash | The Puerto Rico Air National Guard on Thursday identified the nine airmen killed in a WC-130 crash in Georgia. The airmen who died in the Wednesday crash near Hilton Head Airport in Savannah, Georgia, were, A WC-130 belonging to the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed Wednesday in Georgia with nine crew on board. Th... |
Bob Work joins board of Raytheon | WASHINGTON Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work has joined the board of Raytheon, the company announced Monday. The appointment, which is immediate, comes less than a month after Work retired from the deputy job. Work served in that role from 2014 through July 19 of this year, when his successor, Patrick Shanah... |
More than 2000 troops 100 aircraft train on Guam for Cope North 2018 | More than 2,000 U.S. troops celebrated Valentine's Day by kicking off Cope North 2018, an annual exercise in Guam, on Wednesday. The U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps are joining the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force to enhance multilateral air operations between the nations, according to ... |
Trump suggests Jackson may drop out of VA secretary confirmation process | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said his nominee to take over the Department of Veterans Affairs will decide in coming days whether to drop out of the confirmation process, and pledged to back his decision either way. "The fact is I wouldn't do it," Trump told reporters at a White House press conference on Tuesday. ... |
Doubts rise over effectiveness of bombing Afghan drug labs | The Defense Department's drug lab bombing campaign against the Taliban financial network this winter has come under scrutiny from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. According to a Pentagon briefing, the airstrikes, which began in November, were crippling the Taliban's drug funding. The illici... |
GD Rockwell and Harris To Build Manpack Radios for Army | This story was first published at 656 p.m. on Feb. 26. Correction Due to incorrect information provided, the story misidentified the MUOS satellite constellation as geostationary. It is geosynchronous. WASHINGTON General Dynamics, Rockwell Collins and Harris Corporation have received awards from the Army to build Manp... |
Admiral claims that politics swayed verdict for SEAL convicted in sexual assault case | A retired Navy admiral said political pressure and unlawful command influence caused him to rule against a Navy SEAL in a 2014 sexual assault conviction. Retired Rear Adm. Patrick J. Lorge was the convening authority who reviewed the 2014 sexual assault court-martial of Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Keith E. Ba... |
GAO thinks hosted payloads are a good idea for DoD | A new report from Congress' watchdog agency found that government payloads launched aboard commercial satellites saved money, achieved on-orbit capability faster and increased deterrence and resilience, but throughout the Department of Defense, there is fragmented knowledge about the practice. The Government Accountabi... |
Marine colonel braces for courtmartial | A disgraced Marine colonel in the brig at Camp Lejeune wants his day in court. Col. Daniel H. Wilson, the former operations officer for II Marine Expeditionary Force, will plead not guilty to sexual assault and other charges stemming from separate alleged incidents, his civilian attorney told Marine Corps Times. , Wils... |
Dynetics Looks to Fit Niche With Small Glide Munition | HUNTSVILLE, Ala. A mid-sized, Huntsville-based defense firm is looking to fill a niche in the US Army's munition inventory with its Small Glide Munition SGM while preparing to field a similar weapon to US special operators. Dynetics' SGM is a 60-lb tactical munition that has like the name implies a capability to gli... |
Mattis intervened to increase munition buy in FY18 budget request | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis personally intervened to increase the number of munitions being bought in the Pentagon's fiscal 2018 budget request, pushing procurement of six specific weapons to the maximum production rate industry can handle, a top Defense Department official said Tuesday. The Pentag... |
Military housing dollars unlikely to be diverted to border wall SecDef says | ONBOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said Saturday he had made no decisions on whether the border wall was militarily necessary, a key determination required before military construction funds could be redirected to build it. On Friday, President Donald Trump announced he would g... |
Interview Alan Shaffer | WASHINGTON Since 2007, Alan Shaffer has helped guide the Pentagon's research and development RD efforts as the principal deputy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. This summer, he is leaving that job to take a new one as the director of the NATO Collaboration Support Offic... |
The Air Forces KC46 tanker is almost ready for prime time | The head of Air Mobility Command said the KC-46 Pegasus is about 94 percent complete with tests needed for the aircraft's second and final FAA certification. Gen. Carlton Everhart visited Boeing in Washington state to get a hands-on look at the Air Force's new refueling tanker. "If everything stays on track and the w... |
Fighting in a city These 7 pieces of gear could help make soldiers Marines more effective | As the Army and Marine Corps work to update their doctrine and training centers to better prepare soldiers and Marines for urban combat, troops on the ground will need different tools for the fight. From vehicles to weapons and communications gear, here are a few items that could make troops more effective, from the Mo... |
Drop in LAs homeless vets may signal good news nationwide | WASHINGTON Los Angeles County officials saw a sharp drop in the number of homeless veterans during their annual survey earlier this year, good news that experts hope indicates the nationwide number of veterans battling housing problems is back on the decline. The announcement came at this week's National Coalition for... |
Four big questions for the Air Force in 2019 | WASHINGTON As the Air Force leaves 2018 behind and flies into into a new year, the service may face some big changes to its organization and aircraft inventory. Expect to see a lot of these questions answered with the release of the fiscal year 2020 budget, which officials have said will be released in early February.... |
Trump considers yanking security clearances of his critics | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of six former top national security officials who have been critical of his administration, a move that opponents and experts say would be an unprecedented politicization of the clearance process. White House press secretary Sarah Huckab... |
Retired US general says nuclear launch order can be refused | WASHINGTON A retired Air Force general told the Senate on Tuesday that an order from President Donald Trump or any of his successors to launch nuclear weapons can be refused by the top officer at U.S. Strategic Command if that order is determined to be illegal. During testimony before the Foreign Relations Committee, ... |
Selfies and security Russia moves to ban certain millennial behavior in the military | MOSCOW The Russian parliament has approved a second draft of a bill to ban service members from carrying certain electronic devices and sharing information about their units, movements and activities with journalists or in posts on social media. The Russian government has wrestled for years with operational security b... |
US confirms drones in Niger have striking capabilities | DAKAR, Senegal The United States started arming drones in the West African nation of Niger earlier this year, according to the U.S. Africa Command. "In coordination with the Government of Niger, U.S. Africa Command has armed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance ISR aircraft already in Niger to improve our co... |
If youre willing to give the Army another year theres at least 10000 in it for you | Soldiers who have the option of leaving the Army before October could land a big pile of money if they stay in -- six figures for just 12 more months, in some cases, as well as choice assignments or schools when possible.The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act requires the active Army to get up to 476,000 soldiers ... |
How Army Special Operations Command is paving the way for the next decade | The head of the Army's Special Operations Command sees the capabilities of his forces as a crucial but sometimes misunderstood component of future warfare. Lt. Gen. Kenneth Tovo sat down with Army Times at the Association of the U.S. Army's Annual Meeting and Exposition to discuss how USASOC's "four pillars of capabili... |
National Defense Strategy released with clear priority Stay ahead of Russia and China | WASHINGTON The Pentagon's new National Defense Strategy lays out a world where great-power competition, rather than counterterrorism, will drive the department's decision-making and force structure. "Inter-state strategic competition, not terrorism, is now the primary concern in U.S. national security," the 11-page un... |
Air Force officer one of 20 finishers in 200mile winter bike race | Lt. Col. Daniel Sweeney was about 8,000 feet up a snowy mountain peak in Eastern Idaho in early January, using a borrowed winter bike, thinking, "This is crazy.", And, "This is fun.", The winds were blowing freezing rain, covering him and the bike. He had taken off his iced-over goggles, leaving his eyes exposed to the... |
Germany is ducking military responsibility says Belgian think tank | BRUSSELS Germany needs to make a "sustained investment" in defense and stop "leaving the dirty work" to others, according to a new study. The study, called "Jumping over its shadow," was published Thursday and calls for Berlin to stop "ducking military responsibility.", Its findings come despite the majority of German... |
Canada Widens the Aperture in Search Of New Warships | VICTORIA, British Columbia Canada has opened up its competition for new warships to designs still yet to be proven, despite its previous commitment to purchase only off-the-shelf vessels. The change will allow more domestic firms to participate in the multibillion-dollar acquisition of what is being called the Canadia... |
US Air Force eyes selfprotection systems for aging tankers airlifters | WASHINGTON and KADENA AIR BASE, Japan The U.S. Air Force's fleet of legacy tankers and cargo planes may be getting some major survivability upgrades over the next decade, with lasers and autonomous systems on the table, the head of Air Mobility Command said Tuesday. Air Mobility Command recently completed an assessmen... |
Faulty nav data caused drone to enter fatal dive break apart | An RQ-4B Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft broke apart and crashed in California last June after its navigation system began producing faulty navigation data, causing it to nearly invert and dive at an excessive, unrecoverable speed. An accident investigation board report released Wednesday by Air Combat Command sa... |
Mattis Budget uncertainty leads to questions of whether America has the ability to survive | Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis believes that years of budget uncertainty have left the U.S. military in such a precarious position that if it is not solved soon, it will represent an existential threat to American security. "If we don't get budgetary predictability, if we don't remove the defense caps, then we're ques... |
The Armys sub gun program is still going and heres one of the submissions | The Army's subcompact weapon efforts are still alive, and one company's submission has already surfaced. Back in May, the Army's Program Manager for Soldier Weapons, Individual Weapons asked industry to provide a fully automatic, 9mm subcompact weapon in a Request for Information. The weapon would also need a Picatinny... |
At Kadena Air Base the elephant in the room is North Korean | KADENA AIR BASE, Japan For the U.S. Air Force's largest base in the Asia-Pacific region, location is everything. Situated a mere three hours of flight time from Beijing, Seoul and Taipei, Kadena Air Base would be key to any military engagement with Russia, China or North Korea. That proximity breeds complications, esp... |
Iran says it signed deal to rebuild Syrias military | BEIRUT Iran has signed a deal to rebuild Syria's armed forces, which have been depleted by more than seven years civil war, Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on Monday. Hatami, on a two-day visit to Syria, told the Beirut-based al-Mayadeen TV station that the agreement also stipulates helping rebuild Syria's m... |
Air Force selects 223 enlisted airmen for January supplemental promotion | The Air Force announced Thursday it has chosen 223 enlisted airmen for supplemental promotion. The list of selectees posted online by the Air Force Personnel Center includes 203 staff sergeants, 14 technical sergeants, one master sergeant, one senior master sergeant, and five chief master sergeants. Airmen selected for... |
Frustrated Selva to Congress Give us a budget | WASHINGTON A visibly frustrated Gen. Paul Selva, vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called for Congress to pass a budget before the end of the month, even if it is simply a return to what the Pentagon asked for at the start of fiscal year 2017. Selva made his concerns about the budget situation clear in both ... |
Trump to sign executive order on military spouse employment | WASHINGTON In an effort to boost military spouse employment opportunities, President Donald Trump will sign a new executive order Wednesday to better emphasize hiring preferences for government jobs and to better track how federal agencies are doing with that goal. White House officials called the move important for n... |
South Korea unveils first images of KFX design with European missiles | SEOUL, South Korea South Korea's arms acquisition agency unveiled June 29 the preliminary design of the KF-X fighter aircraft, nearly 30 months after the launch of the indigenous fighter development program in January 2016. The disclose of the preliminary KF-X design came after the Defense Acquisition Program Administ... |
Mattis Use of tactical nuclear weapons discussed with South Korea | WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Jim Mattis confirmed Monday that the U.S. and South Korea have discussed employing tactical nuclear weapons as an option to defend against North Korea's nuclear weapons program. The acknowledgment from Mattis comes as the U.S. and international community grapple with increasingly aggressiv... |
Two carriers will get the MQ25A Stingray unmanned tanker by 2019 | The Navy announced this week that the carriers George H.W. Bush and Dwight D. Eisenhower will be the first in the Navy's fleet to field the MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial refueling system, reports USNI News. The selected carriers will receive upgrades including control stations and data links needed to control the tan... |
BAE Systems Delivers First Amphibious Combat Vehicle Prototypes to Marine Corps | WASHINGTON BAE Systems delivered to the US Marine Corps the first of its Amphibious Combat Vehicles ACV 1.1 prototypes, catching up to a service-set schedule which had slipped due to a bid protest.One of the key program objectives was to get the vehicles out to the Marines as quickly as possible, Erwin Bieber, BAE's p... |
Commentary Officer takes on the Armys new OPAT and pulls no punches | With all that's been going on, you probably missed the recent announcement that the Army has released the standards for its Occupational Physical Assessment Test, or OPAT. The test will be administered to soldiers who wish to move into more physically demanding occupations, such as combat arms. The three categories for... |
Ambitious VA medical records overhaul in jeopardy after department shakeup | WASHINGTON Plans to overhaul the Veterans Affairs medical records system, one of President Donald Trump's most touted achievements last year, may be on the verge of collapse because of the leadership upheaval at the department in recent weeks. Multiple sources close to work on the issue say White House officials are w... |
TransAtlantic rift fuels cry to make European weapons great again | PARIS Amid the alienation between the United States and Europe over trade, some industry leaders at the Eurosatory defense fest sense an opening to strengthen their position on the domestic arms market. That type of talk comes amid a stated desire by European Union members to band together around the idea of a common ... |
Trump threats to New START could imperil nuclear modernization programs | WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump's comments Thursday about the New START treaty could imperil the political consensus in Washington on modernizing the Pentagon's nuclear arsenal. In a Thursday interview with Reuters, Trump called the New START treaty a ""a one-sided deal" and a "bad deal," and pledged that "if... |
Investing 101 What you need to know | If you're not investing, you're not alone. Recent research has found nearly half of Americans don't own stocks. That spells trouble when it comes to saving for retirement and other major life milestones, like paying for education. By not investing, you're missing out on a historically proven way to build wealth. Keep i... |
Dont wait six years Apply to be a U2 spy pilot out the gate | Trainee pilots will now be able to select the U-2 Dragon Lady on their dream sheets, just like any other airframe. Previously, the U-2 a high-altitude, near-space reconnaissance aircraft was not available to pilots until they had spent a minimum of six years gaining experience outside of the U-2's reconnaissance miss... |
USAF Downplays TX Red Air Option | WASHINGTON The T-X trainer replacement program is one of the US Air Force's top recapitalization programs, viewed as vital by service leaders as they prepare to train the next generation of F-22 and F-35 pilots. And based on budget documents, the winner could also end up producing a new "Red Air" companion trainer to ... |
New in 2018 Army looks to add a light tank to its formations | As future war planning shifts to confront near-peer threats, Army leaders are looking at their ground combat formations and seeing something missing a light tank. By late 2018, the Army expects to start trials pitting two companies to produce 12 prototype light tanks each, according to a recently released Request For ... |
Sikorsky May Deliver Early Its Combat Rescue Helicopter | NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. believes it can deliver the US Air Force's Combat Rescue Helicopter program early, perhaps by as much as six months. Samir Mehta, the head of Sikorsky's defense branch, told Defense News on Monday that he is confident the program is on track and looks likely to slip to the ... |
With their F35 program in limbo Turkish pilots begin training in US | Turkish pilots and maintainers have arrived at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona to begin training on their first two F-35 fighter aircraft but the jets themselves will remain in U.S. custody for at least the next year, the Pentagon said Monday. , The jets were flown by Lockheed Martin last week to the Arizona base, whic... |
A hipster retail store is selling a familiar military accessory to complement skinny jeans | Have you ever been in the midst of an early-morning three-mile run just for fun with your unit, looked down admirably at your glow belt, beaming bright with the power of a thousand suns, and thought, "Damn, this thing is the quintessence of sweetness. Why can't I wear it out in town?", Fortunately for you, Urban Outf... |
Jordan says moving US Embassy to Jerusalem is red line | AMMAN, Jordan Jordan's government spokesman warned on Thursday of "catastrophic" repercussions if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on a campaign promise to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to contested Jerusalem. , Such a move could affect relations between the U.S. and regional allies, including Jordan, Informa... |
Long Range Discrimination Radar passes preliminary design review | WASHINGTON The Long Range Discrimination Radar that will be operational in Alaska in 2020 has passed the preliminary design review phase, hitting a major milestone for the program in less than 18 months from the contract award in October 2015, Lockheed Martin announced Thursday.The LRDR is a gallium nitride-based, sol... |
Russia threatens negative consequences over Marine exercise with Ukraine in the Black Sea | The Corps has been bouncing all over Europe the past several months, participating in exercises with allies and vowing to boost its presence in Norway to strengthen cold-weather training moves that have caught the ire of Russia. And this time, Russia is aghast over a recent U.S. land and maritime exercise in the Black... |
The US Army Wants a Missile Filled With Drones | The US Army wants a missile capable of releasing a cluster of drones during flight in order to hit multiple targets. , After being released from the missile, the payload of "quad-copters" would decelerate, identify targets, land on the targets and detonate attached munitions, which the solicitation calls "explosively f... |
Two soldiers killed in Apache helicopter crash at Fort Campbell | Two soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's 101st Combat Aviation Brigade were killed late Friday when their AH-64E Apache helicopter crashed at the local training area on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The incident happened about 950 p.m. Friday, the 101st Airborne announced Saturday morning. The crash is under investig... |
Army narrows contenders for 429M ground robot competition | Two prime contractors in robotics and intelligence technology will compete for a 429 million-plus ground robot system contract for the Army, according to a Defense Department release. iRobot Defense Holdings, doing business as Endeavor Robotics, and Foster-Miller Inc. doing business as QinetiQ Noth America, will vie to... |
Deployed airmen shouldnt expect new Army uniforms before summer or later | It is not yet known when aAirmen in Afghanistan, the Middle East and Africa shouldn't expect to will receive their new combat uniform, which is being fielded by the Army, before summer. Most likely, the date will be even later. , In August 2011, U.S. Air Forces Central Command allowed all airmen serving in the Central ... |
Marines identify 4 killed in CH53E crash | Military officials have identified the four Marines killed in Tuesday's CH-53 crash near El Centro, California. Capt. Samuel A. Schultz, 1st Lt. Samuel D. Phillips, Gunnery Sgt. Derik R. Holley, Lance Cpl. Taylor J. Conrad, were killed on April 3 when the CH-53 Super Stallion they were operating crashed after leaving t... |
This is the F16 and A10 pilot whos going to run the Air Forces wars in the Middle East | U.S. Air Forces Central Command is about to get a new commander to oversee its wars against the Taliban and ISIS Maj. Gen. Joseph Guastella Jr. Guastella on Tuesday was nominated for his third star, and an assignment as AFCENT commander at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the Pentagon said in a release. He is now director o... |
Air Force chief lays out future fight against peerlevel adversaries | "One, if by land, and two, if by sea." The phrase made famous by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride," chronicles the lantern-based signal Revere used to inform patriots which route British troops were taking prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord in the first days of the American Revolutionary... |
The Pentagon wants to keep ground troops in Libya and go on offense in Somalia | WASHINGTON The U.S. military will keep an unspecified number of ground troops in Libya to help friendly forces further degrade the Islamic State faction there, and officials are seeking new leeway to target al Qaida loyalists in Somalia, the top commander overseeing operations in Africa said Friday. "We're going to ma... |
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