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A Marine Corps JLTV with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing offloads from a Landing Craft Air Cushion with Assault Craft Unit 5 on the coast of Camp Pendleton, California. (LCpl. Nan Yang/Marine Corps) The Marines are sticking with the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, even as costs may rise following the Army’s decision to halt the program.
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Army air defense systems deploy to the Arctic, Africa for first time
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
Marines, Army deploying missile systems to Luzon Strait
Marines with 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, use NMESIS to fire a Naval Strike Missile from NAS Point Mugu, California. (Cpl. Earik Barton/Marine Corps) Marine Corps and Army missile systems are set to deploy to a key chokepoint in the Philippine Island chains for anti-ship drills during the military exercise known as KAMANDAG. The