Topic: USA
US Navy conducts anti-ice test of MQ-4C Triton
The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has announced that the MQ-4C Triton test team conducted the first flight to assess the unmanned aircraft system’s ability to fly...
U.S. Army awards contracts for next-gen heavy truck
The U.S. Army has announced four Other Transaction Authority agreements to Mack Defense, Navistar Defense, Oshkosh Defense, and the American Rheinmetall Vehicles/GM Defense team totaling $24.25 million. The...
Lockheed Martin rolls out German’s first KC-130J aerial refueler
Lockheed Martin rolled out the first KC-130J tanker and transport aircraft for the German Air Force, or Luftwaffe. The first aircraft for Germany was rolled out of Lockheed...
Latest version of F-16 fighter jet conducts first flight
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin has announced that the latest version of the F-16 aircraft successfully carried out the first flight. As noted by the company, the F-16...
Lockheed Martin’s game-changing laser gun achieves significant milestone
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. announced on Monday that it achieved the first light from the Directed Energy Interceptor for Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense System...
US military evaluates new miniature strike munition for drone
Defense giant Northrop Grumman Corp. has announced that its Hatchet miniature strike munition underwent multiple live fire exercises. Â According to a press release from NG, Hatchet munition...
US Marines’ new helicopter easily lifts F-35
The CH-53K King Stallion, the Marine Corps’ newest heavy-lift helicopter, demonstrated its heavy-lift capability, lifting an F-35 Lightning II for the first time at Naval Air Station...
US troops test their capabilities in Arctic environment
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command announced that MacDill Air Force Base's D-Cell visited Alaska to train and test their capabilities in an arctic environment. The ability to rapidly deploy...