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US Air Force conducts final test of Lockheed’s hypersonic missile
Mar 19, 2024 · This story was updated March 20, 2024, with a statement from Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Air Force on Sunday carried out what is expected to be the final test of the hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched ...
How the sixth-generation fighter jet will upend air warfare
Jul 19, 2024 · Hinote and Heather Penney, a retired F-16 pilot and senior resident fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, said speed, stealth and range will be among the most crucial elements of ...
‘They’ve grown back’: How Russia surprised the West and rebuilt …
May 21, 2024 · The Pentagon in March put a price tag on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Speaking in the officer’s club at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin read a list of costs ...
A lighter, high-tech Abrams tank is taking shape - Defense News
May 31, 2024 · The U.S. Army awarded the manufacturer of Abrams tanks a contract this month to begin the preliminary design of its new tank variant expected to be lighter and feature high-tech capabilities so it ...
The robots are coming: US Army experiments with human …
Mar 25, 2024 · U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stetson Manuel assembles the Ghost-X drone during the human-machine integration experiment for Project Convergence in Fort Irwin, Calif., on March 11, 2024.
Sierra Nevada wins $13B contract to build Air Force ‘doomsday …
Apr 26, 2024 · An Air Force E-4B Nightwatch sits on the tarmac on March 26, 2022 at Lincoln Airport in Nebraska. Sierra Nevada Corp. won a $13 billion contract from the Air Force to build the Survivable Airborne ...
US Army scraps Abrams tank upgrade, unveils new modernization …
Sep 6, 2023 · The Army awarded GDLS a contract in August 2017 to develop the SEPv4 version of the tank with a plan then to make a production decision in fiscal 2023, followed by fielding to the first brigade in ...
From CamoGPT to life skills, the Army is changing how it trains …
Oct 16, 2024 · Army Times spoke with Gen. Gary Brito, head of Training and Doctrine Command, about some of these areas and what they mean for new and career soldiers.Brito took over his current command in 2022 ...
New in 2024: With first B-21 flight done, Northrop eyes next contract
Dec 29, 2023 · WASHINGTON — The B-21 Raider took to the air for the first time in November, nearly a year after its public debut in California. In 2024, the U.S. Air Force’s next stealth bomber could take ...