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
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
Seeing farther, striking deeper, this brigade is pushing its drones
Two soldiers assigned to the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, hold a security posture in support of Exercise Balikatan 25, at Aparri, Cagayan Valley, Philippines, on May 3. (SSG. Brenden Delgado/U.S. Army) Soldiers with the Hawaii-based 25th Infantry Division are in the midst of a training exercise with Philippine allies that has
Inside the US Army’s C2 upgrade – what industry can expect
Opinion By Joseph Welch Tuesday, Jun 3, 2025 U.S. Army Soldiers with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment are pictured during exercise Dragoon Ready 2023. (Sgt. Rebecca Call/U.S. Army) Within the Army Transformation Initiative, the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) effort represents a fundamental change in delivering data-driven C2 to our formations. From requirements to resourcing, acquisition
Setting the scene: Army to test new hub for stockpiling in Australia
Maj. Gen. Jered Helwig, the commanding general of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command, receives a tour of the Joint Theater Distribution Center in Australia on May 22, 2024. (Courtesy of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command) The U.S. Army will test a nascent capability to effectively preposition equipment and supplies forward in the Pacific theater in
Army to lead nuclear microreactor development to power bases
The Army is seeking to develop and field a mobile nuclear reactor to power forward-operating bases. (DOD) Some Army installations could be powered by nuclear microreactors under an executive order recently issued by President Donald Trump. The order, published May 23, calls for deploying advanced nuclear reactor technologies for national security and directs Army Secretary
Back to basics: Army revamps flight school after deadly crashes
In the wake of a string of deadly military aviation accidents over the past several years, the U.S. Army is launching a major overhaul of how it trains new pilots that focuses on getting back to the basics. The overhaul includes rethinking the type of aircraft used for training, along with a likely shift to
Dead on arrival: Army pulls plug on M10 Booker light tank
Members of the North Carolina Air National Guard assess an Army M10 Booker Combat Vehicle before it is loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. (Staff Sgt. Reanna Hartgrove/U.S. Air National Guard) The Army has spent well over a billion dollars on a light tank the service is now terminating, just as the program was