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U.S. engineers developed new armored turret for anti-tank missile gunners
The U.S. Army has announced that its engineers at Picatinny Arsenal working with colleagues from the Marine Corps to develop new armored turret to...
General Dynamics releases video of Bluefin-9 underwater drone sea trials with the Royal Navy
U.S. aerospace and defense company General Dynamics Corp has released a video of Bluefin-9 underwater drone sea trials with the Royal Navy.
Video posted to...
USS Montgomery uses unique unmanned aerial vehicle during live-fire exercise
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) has used the unique unmanned aerial vehicle, called the MQ-8B Fire Scout, during a live-fire...
United States’ lone heavy icebreaker enters Antarctic ice
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, the nation’s only heavy icebreaker, entered the fast ice Jan. 1 approximately 20 miles north of McMurdo...
Black Knights receives its first F-35C stealth fighter jet
The Marine Corps Air Station Miramar has reported that Marine Wing Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, the “Black Knights”, received the Marine Corps’ first...
U.S. Navy held inactivation ceremony of USS Pittsburgh fast-attack submarine
The crew of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) held an inactivation ceremony to celebrate the boat's 35 years of service...
Bell, Boeing officially unveils latest version of Osprey tiltrotor
Boeing and Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. unveiled the latest version of Osprey tiltrotor, that called CMV-22B.
The first CMV-22B Osprey completed first flight...
U.S. Army Black Jack brigade going to Hohenfels, Germany for Combined Resolve XIII
The upcoming Combined Resolve XIII exercise will involve about 5,000 service members from 21 allied and partnered nations.
Combined Resolve XIII is a biannual U.S....
USS Abraham Lincoln returns after more than 10-month deployment
The U.S. Navy has announced that the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group arrived at Naval Air Station North Island Jan. 20, marking the end...
U.S. Marines conducts non-lethal weapons training exercise in Kuwait
The U.S. Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response - Central Command has announced that Marines conducted non-lethal weapons training exercise in Kuwait.
In...
31st Marine expeditionary unit completes MEU exercise
During the regularly-scheduled exercise after the Battalion Landing Team’s relief-in-place, components of the 31st MEU planned and executed full-mission profiles. The exercise is designed...
U.S. Navy launches newest Littoral Combat Ship
The U.S. Navy has launched the future USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) during a ceremony at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin.
The...
USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group deploys to Indo-Pacific
The U.S. Navy has announced that the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) departed San Diego for a scheduled Indo-Pacific deployment, Jan. 17.
More than...
U.S. Marines tested its long distance communications at Camp Pendleton
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, made a long distance call via radio to Okinawa, Japan on Jan. 18, 2020,...
U.S. Navy patrol squadron concludes maritime operations in the Arctic
The U.S. Navy announced that Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 recently concluded maritime operations in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans on, Jan 11, 2020.
For...
U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier entering new testing phases
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that its new aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is being tested off the East Coast to...
U.S. Navy newest aircraft carrier begins aircraft compatibility testing
The U.S. Navy newest Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed its homeport of Norfolk, Jan. 16 to begin...
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft conducts flight operations
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft conduct flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America while at sea in U.S. 7th Fleet.
The...