Coast Guard team honored for response to DC air tragedy A team from Station Washington were honored as the 2025 Coast Guardsmen of the Year for their work in the wake of a mid-air collision near the Pentagon. 3 days ago
Lockheed launches hub to prototype Golden Dome command systems
The Missile Defense Agency first fielded the Lockheed Martin-developed Command Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) system in 2004 and has since continued to upgrade it to address growing and emerging threats. (Photo courtesy of the Missile Defense Agency) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Lockheed Martin has launched a prototyping hub to develop possible command-and-control solutions to
Poland doubles down on South Korean tanks with $6.5 billion deal
Polish soldiers stand next to tanks after the arrival of the first South Korean K2 tanks and K9 howitzers on Dec. 6, 2022, at the Baltic Container Terminal in Gdynia. (Mateusz Slodkowski / AFP via Getty Images) WARSAW, Poland — In a bid to expand the tracked vehicle fleet of the country’s land forces, the
US Army drops into Australia for massive war games
TOWNSVILLE, Australia — U.S. paratroopers made the most dramatic entrance possible to Australia during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. Flying 14.5 hours nonstop from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, they parachuted from the night sky into the Australian countryside on July 14. “We landed right on the X,” Col. Brian Weightman, commander of the 2nd Infantry
VA official outlines effort to revitalize electronic health records for veterans
VA official outlines effort to revitalize electronic health records for veterans The conversion of the VA’s ponderous paper records system to a comprehensive electronic version has long plagued the agency. Where does the effort stand now? 3 days ago
GM Defense hopes for ‘first win’ in Europe through UK vehicles race
A CH-47 loads personnel and an Infantry Squad Vehicle during Hurricane Helene relief in Tennessee, October 2024. (Spc. Matthew Wantroba/U.S. Army) MILAN — GM Defense has partnered with British company NP Aerospace to offer American platforms in a bid for the United Kingdom’s Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) tender. The program requirements are part of the
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
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