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Cold Weather Leaders Course students move through the rugged terrain at the Northern Warfare Training Center's Black Rapids Training Site during a snowstorm. NWTC cadre worked overtime to help meet the increased need for more Arctic experts in the units to help pass critical knowledge throughout the formations. (Army photo/John Pennell)

Baylor University Launches Arctic Lab to Study Cold’s Impact on Troops

Baylor University in Texas has opened a facility designed to simulate Arctic conditions and study how cold affects US warfighters and first responders.

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Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

California Firm Debuts New Computing Devices for Real-Time Data Processing

California-based Aitech is advancing battlefield computing with new single-board computers built to improve tactical decision-making where every millisecond matters.

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Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

A New Kinetic C-UAS Kill Chain Emerges From DFT-Powerus Collab

In response to increasingly dynamic drone threats on the modern battlefield, Digital Force Technologies and Powerus have developed a fully integrated kinetic counter-unmanned aerial system kill chain designed for real-time response.

14 April

Europe

Rojoef Manuel

Navantia Positions ALFA 4000 for Sweden’s Luleå Frigate Program

Navantia has confirmed it is offering its ALFA 4000 frigate to Sweden as a low-risk option for the NATO country’s planned four-ship Luleå program, promising delivery of two vessels in 2030 and two in 2031.

14 April

Air

Instructor Pilots with the 340th Flying Training Group, 39th Flying Training Squadron, and 559th Flying Training Squadron flew a T-6 Texan II four-ship formation on Mar. 23, 2023, over Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The sortie also marked the final flight of Lt. Col. Mark Pasierb, former Undergraduate Flying Training program commander, who will have approximately earned a combined 6,000 flight hours in the C-5 Galaxy and T-6.

Rojoef Manuel

Textron to Provide T-6 Texan II Fleet Support for US Military

Textron Aviation Defense has secured a contract valued at more than $150 million to deliver program management and maintenance support for the US military’s T-6 Texan II training aircraft.

14 April

Europe

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Patria’s NEMO Mortar Lands Simultaneous Strikes Without Slowing Down

Patria is taking mobile firepower a step further, showcasing its NEMO mortar system executing simultaneous-impact strikes while on the move.

14 April

Americas

USS Boise (SSN 764) enters Souda Bay, Greece, during a scheduled port visit Dec. 23, 2014. Boise, a Los Angeles-class submarine, homeported in Norfolk, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeffrey M. Richardson/Released)

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy Deactivates Los Angeles Submarine After 10-Year Maintenance Stall

The US Navy has announced the deactivation of the Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Boise (SSN-764) after more than 10 years of sustainment delays, transferring budget and workforce to more critical programs.

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Americas

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Raytheon’s ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Camera Flags Thermal Shifts to Track Targets

Raytheon has merged mid-wave infrared sensing and event-based imaging to develop a “first-of-its-kind” camera system that catches changes in heat signatures down to the pixel level.

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Americas

A Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket launches the Department of War Space Test Program S29A (STP-S29A) mission from Space Launch Complex 8 at Vandenberg Space Force Base Calif., April 7, 2026. The STP-S29A mission carried a variety of DoW, U.S. Space Force, and academic institution payloads into orbit, marking the 23rd launch of 2026 from Vandenberg. (Courtesy photo by Northrop Grumman)

Rojoef Manuel

Northrop Grumman Launches US Space Force Experiments on Minotaur IV

Northrop Grumman has launched the US Space Force’s Space Test Program S29A mission module aboard its Minotaur IV rocket, deploying multiple experimental payloads into low Earth orbit.

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Europe