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27 July

Allison to Deliver Electric Hybrid Propulsion for US Army Bradley Replacement Program

Allison Transmission will provide its eGen Force electric hybrid propulsion for the US Army's Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program.

26 July

Air

Rojoef Manuel

Leidos, L3Harris to Modify Business Jets for US Army ATHENA-S Program

Leidos and L3Harris Technologies have partnered to modify two Bombardier Global 6500 business jets for the US Army ATHENA-S program.

26 July

Air

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Sutton, an infantryman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat team, 11th Airborne Division, releases a Black Hornet 3 drone at a remote fighting position during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02 at Yukon Training Area, Alaska, April 3, 2023. JPMRC-AK 23-02, executed in Alaska with its world-class training facilities and its harsh Arctic environment, builds Soldiers and leaders into a cohesive team of skilled, tough, alert, and adaptive warriors capable of fighting and winning anywhere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Patrick Sullivan)

Rojoef Manuel

US Army Buys More Nano Drones in $93M Deal

Teledyne FLIR has signed a $93.9-million contract to supply Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems for the US Army.

21 July

Americas

Joe Saballa

Lockheed to Develop High-Energy Laser Prototype for US Army

Lockheed Martin has clinched a $221-million contract to develop a new high-energy laser weapon prototype for the US Army.

20 July

Air

Joe Saballa

US Army Tests Pilot Visual Navigation Tech for GPS-Denied Environments

The US Army has announced the successful trial of a new visual navigation technology to help military pilots navigate in GPS-denied environments.

20 July

Air

Soldiers and MITRE personnel conduct the initial testing of the CARPE Dronvm smartphone app during the launch of the testing drone. U.S. Army Central tested CARPE Dronvm at McEntire Joint National Guard Base and Poinsett Weapons Range, S.C., on July 18, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Amber Cobena)

Rojoef Manuel

US Army, Air Force Test Counter-Drone Smartphone App

The US Army and Air Force have trialed a smartphone app-controlled counter-drone solution in Poinsett Range, South Carolina.

19 July

Americas

U.S. Army Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter Systems line up for a convoy, in a staging area of the Army Prepositioned Stock-2 site, in Zutendaal, Belgium, Mar. 09, 2022. Army Prepositioned Stocks is a U.S. Department of the Army program in which equipment sets are stored around the globe for use when a combatant commander requires additional capabilities. The U.S. Army has seven APS regions and APS-2 is designated for Europe. APS sites reduce deployment timelines, improve deterrence capabilities, and provide additional combat power for contingency operations. (U.S. Army photo by Pierre-Etienne Courtejoie)

Rojoef Manuel

US Army Orders 116 Additional Trailers From Oshkosh

The US Army has awarded Oshkosh Defense a $57-million contract to manufacture 116 Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter System trailers.

18 July

Air

Rojoef Manuel

US Army Unveils Latest AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter Configuration

The US Army has announced the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter’s next configuration, Version 6.5, to enhance its warfare survivability.

14 July

Americas

Staff Writer With AFP

US Military Pinned Down by Republican Fire on ‘Wokeness’

The clarion call over "wokeness" in the military has galvanized right-wingers nostalgic for an era before public life was hijacked, as they see it, by authoritarian progressives.

12 July

Air

George Landrith

US Army Should Rethink Its Vertical Lift Modernization Program

Instead of investing in expensive and untested platforms like the US Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, defense budgets should be spent on upgrading existing systems.

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