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Dylan Malyasov

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Bell-Boeing gets $146 million to upgrade MV-22 aircraft

The U.S Department of Defense announced on Monday that Bell-Boeing, a joint venture between Boeing and Bell Helicopter, received a $146 contract modification for upgrade MV-22 aircraft. The joint venture's latest contract modification with the U.S. Navy includes...

U.S. Air Force B-52 spotted near Russian military base in Syria

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress heavy bomber was spotted near the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, in the northwest of Syria, Lenta.ru news agency reported on Sunday. Hmeimim is Russia's main base for airstrikes on rebel groups...

U.S. Air Force bomber conducts low pass over Saudi air base

A U.S. Air Force long-range heavy bomber B-52H Stratofortress, accompanied by four Saudi Arabian F-15C Eagle fighter jets, conducted low pass over Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia's central desert, Nov. 1, 2019. According to U.S. Air...

U.S. Marine HIMARS loads on Army landing craft for the first time

U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and U.S. Soldiers with 97th Transportation Company, 10th Support Group, successfully embarked and disembarked a U.S. Marine High Mobility Artillery Rocket System onto a U.S. Army Vessel Harpers...

Lithuania set to buy almost 200 American JLTVs

Lithuania looks set to buy almost 200 newest Oshkosh Defense-built Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), according to Minister of Defense, Raimundas Karoblis. Speaking at the meeting of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense which considered next...

U.S. Navy’s 11th Independence-variant littoral combat ship completes successful acceptance trials

The future littoral combat ship USS Kansas City (LCS 22), the 11th Independence-variant littoral combat ship to enter the fleet, successfully concluded acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico after a series of in-port and underway demonstrations. “This...

U.S. Navy newest littoral combat ship USS Detroit departs on maiden deployment

The U.S. Navy has reported that the Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) departed its homeport of Mayport, Florida, for the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility on its maiden deployment. Detroit will conduct operations in...

101st brigade returns after Iraqi deployment

The U.S. Army News Service reported that the 101st brigade that backed Iraqi forces in ridding the country of the ISIS caliphate returned from after nine-month deployment. With about 2,000 Soldiers deployed across northern Iraq and in parts...