Stinger missiles are mounted on a Sgt. STOUT during the Formidable Shield 2025 exercise on May 8 in Andoya, Norway. (Capt. Alexander Watkins/U.S. Army) Formidable Shield 25 is a U.S. Sixth Fleet-led, multinational exercise focused on integrated air and missile defense. The live-fire training brings together naval, air and ground forces from 10 NATO allies
L3Harris breaks ground on new rocket motor plant in Virginia
An Army paratrooper fires a Javelin shoulder-fired, anti-tank missile during an exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 21, 2019. (Army) CULPEPER, Va. — L3Harris has begun clearing forest and carving out roads deep in the Virginia countryside, breaking ground on a major expansion at its Orange County facility to produce small and medium solid
Pentagon ends new radar effort meant for Guam missile defense
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02 on Dec. 10, 2024. (Missile Defense Agency). Early this year, the Pentagon issued a memo halting development of a new radar meant to protect Guam from high-end air and missile threats
US Army tailoring Pacific commands for Multi-Domain force
A U.S. HIMARS, seen here being fired by U.S. soldiers during the Balikatan military exercise in Rizal, Philippines, May 2, 2024. (Cpl. Kyle Chan/Marine Corps) The U.S. Army in the Pacific has begun working through how it will build two Multi-Domain Commands in the theater to oversee and direct the service’s Multi-Domain Task Force units
Army promises to deliver analysis on sweeping changes in 10 days
A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division fires a joint light tactical vehicle mounted M240B machine gun while conducting a convoy movement during Spartan Fury 22.1. (Staff Sgt. Olivia G. Knapp/U.S. Marine Corps) U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll promised Congress today the service would show its homework in 10 days on
Saab taps Anduril to build rocket motors for ground-launched bomb
A Boeing-Saab ground-launched small diameter bomb is fired during a test at Andoya Test Center in Norway. (Photo courtesy of Boeing/Saab) Saab has picked emerging solid rocket motor producer Anduril Rocket Motor Systems to design and build solid rocket motors for its Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb, according to officials from both companies. The selection of