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WEBSep 24, 2024 — Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston. September 25, 2024. News and analysis of global and U.S. national security.
Lockheed aims to hit F-16 production goal by end of 2025
WEBSep 19, 2023 — The company delivered the first of its new F-16 Block 70 fighter jets to Bahrain in March. The Biden administration has reported a $19 billion backlog in foreign military sales, or FMS, to Taiwan ...
Army Chooses Bell V-280 to Replace Its Black Hawk Helicopters
WEBDec 5, 2022 — The U.S. Army has chosen Bell to build a new aircraft that will replace the venerable UH-60 Black Hawk, which has been flying soldiers in combat since the 1970s. Bell received a $232 million ...
C4ISR: The Military's Nervous System - Defense One
WEBThe “nervous system” of the military, the collection of subsystems used to maximize situational awareness, is referred to as C4ISR—command, control, communications, computers, intelligence ...
Meet the Air Force’s secretive long-range drone that flies for days
WEBJul 2, 2024 — The glider-like ULTRA drone can stay in the air for 80 hours without refueling or landing, and can carry payloads weighing up to 400 pounds. ULTRA costs just a fraction of the price of a legacy ...
Pentagon unveils its long-awaited defense industry strategy
WEBJan 11, 2024 — Pentagon unveils its long-awaited defense industry strategy - Defense One. Debra Anderson, F-35 warehouse specialist with Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Hill, Utah, builds kits for F-35 ...
In a first, Army uses Slack-style battlefield software to coordinate ...
WEBJan 24, 2024 — In a first, Army uses Slack-style battlefield software to coordinate field exercises - Defense One. Maj. Eric Cannon uses the WinTAK device at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana ...
Pentagon Police Officer Dead, Several Other People Injured, After ...
WEBAug 3, 2021 — A police officer has died as a result of injuries sustained during a shooting at the Pentagon on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in a statement Tuesday evening.
New Artillery Round Shoots Farther Than Some Missiles, Can Hit …
WEBMar 29, 2023 — A new type of 155mm artillery round produced by BAE Systems hit a target over 68 miles away in a December test, the longest range ever achieved by the artillery cannon used to fire it and more ...