Colton Jones
Colton Jones is technology editor for Defenсe Blog. He has written about emerging technology in military magazines and elsewhere.
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US Navy amphibious assault ship arrives in Finland
The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, (LHD 3), flagship of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit...
Unnamed NATO customer orders Rheinmetall’s 155mm artillery ammunition
German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall announced just this week that a NATO customer has just placed an order with the Group’s South African subsidiary Rheinmetall...
US Army experiments with stratospheric drone
The U.S. Army is conducting high-altitude experimentation with a stratospheric unmanned air system (UAS). According to a press release from Army Futures Command, the Assured...
US Special Operations Command to get new precision strike aircraft
L3Harris Technologies has announced that U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has selected AT-802U Sky Warded strike aircraft for its Armed Overwatch program. The company said...
For the first time, US Army conduct Bradley gunnery in Finland
Finnish and U.S. Soldiers train on the M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles at Niinisalo, Finland, for the first time. According to a press release from 3rd...
US Air Force celebrates 50 years of the F-15 Eagle
U.S. aerospace giant Boeing and the U.S. Air Force celebrated the F-15 Eagle's 50th birthday with an F-15 from the NASA Armstrong Flight Research...
US Navy commissions newest Amphibious Transport Dock ship
The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Amphibious Transport Dock ship over the weekend, officials said. According to a press release from the Navy, it commissioned...
NATO conducts air forces exercises over Romania
The Western military alliance NATO announced that fighter jets and surveillance aircraft from seven alliance countries held air-to-ground warfare drills over Romania on 28...
US Air Force deploys F-22 Raptors to Poland amid Russia’s war on Ukraine
The U.S. Air Force is deploying a half-dozen F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets to Poland in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Six F-22s...