As the US military prepares for conflict scenarios in the Pacific, logistics is one of the greatest challenges facing planners. Supplies must be transported across vast distances to small, forward-deployed… Continue reading "AUSA 2024: Revolutionizing Resupply with Kaman’s KARGO UAV"
Sikorsky announced Monday that it had been awarded a $6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to install its ALIAS/MATRIX flight autonomy system into a testbed UH-60M… Continue reading "DARPA Taps Sikorsky Flight Automation For Army Black Hawk Testbed"
This year at AUSA, BAE Systems proudly displayed their Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) family of systems which entered full-rate initial production for the US Army in August 2023. On display… Continue reading "AUSA 2024: All About the AMPV with AMPV Program Director Bill Sheehy"
The United States Army announced on August 2, that it had approved the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft’s (FLRAA) Milestone B acquisition decision memorandum earlier this week, clearing the path… Continue reading "Bell V-280 Valor Cleared For Engineering and Manufacturing Development"
On July 15, the Australian Department of Defence announced that the long-running LAND 129 Phase 4B or DEF 129 programme, which was launched to replace the Wasp III SUAS used… Continue reading "Australia Expands Its Unmanned Aerial Systems Capabilites With Vector/Scorpion And Corvo X"
On June 26, the Azerbaijani Air Force welcomed the arrival of a C-27J Sparta military transport aircraft from the Italian company Leonardo on Armed Forces Day, which is celebrated throughout… Continue reading "Azerbaijan Receives The First C-27J Sparta Military Transport Aircraft From Leonardo"
Kevin Sterling Payne is a Visual Information Specialist that has worked for Training Support Activity Europe (TSAE) at the Training Support Center Grafenwoehr, Germany, for over two years. His primary… Continue reading "Catching A Moment – an Interview with the US Army’s Videographer of the Year"
On June 19, the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) signed a contract with the French Procurement Agency (DGA) to procure 12 6×6 chassis CAESAR type 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzers from… Continue reading "Estonia Orders 12 CAESAR 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzers From France"
On February 3, the Estonian Ministry of Defence announced that the 80-million-Euro ($86 million) military aid package approved in December 2023 had been successfully delivered to Ukraine. According to the… Continue reading "Estonian Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles Have Arrived in Ukraine"
On Wednesday, January 17, at 10:55 local time (04:55 GMT), a Kyrgyz Air Force Mi-8MTV military helicopter crashed for an unknown reason during a training flight near the capital of Bishkek. One… Continue reading "One Dead in Mi-8MTV Military Helicopter Crash in Kyrgyzstan"