The U.S. Air Force has disclosed that its B-2 Spirit stealth bomber can carry the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, adding a previously unannounced maritime-strike role to an aircraft long associated with nuclear and conventional attacks against heavily defended land targets.
Australia’s 3ME Technology has been selected by the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit to deliver and demonstrate its EdgeVOLT portable energy storage system.
The U.S. Navy selected Zone 5 Technologies to develop a maritime strike variant of the AGM-188 Rusty Dagger under a $65 million agreement.
The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit is expanding its Bridge Program to remove barriers that slow the military’s adoption of commercial technology.
The U.S. Army has awarded ThinKom Solutions Inc. an Other Transaction prototype project to deliver and evaluate a mobile high-power microwave system for countering unmanned aircraft.
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Gary Montalvo has taken command of Submarine Group 7 in Japan, succeeding Rear Adm. Lincoln Reifsteck after a tenure marked by expanded undersea operations and closer cooperation with regional allies.
The U.S. Navy has identified Sierra Nevada, Lockheed Martin, Rockwell Collins and Technology Security Associates for the first phase of its MH-60 TALON modernization effort.
U.S. Marines tested the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar in the Philippines on August 17, focusing on rapid movement and deployment in a distributed operating environment.
The U.S. Army is assessing whether industry can support production of 19,002 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets a year for M142 HIMARS and M270 MLRS launchers.
The Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing tested its ability to generate and sustain F-35A Lightning II combat airpower during Operation Tuskegee Thunder from Aug. 12 to 14.
Sandia National Laboratories has completed the second and final full-scale crash test of the Mobile Guardian Transporter, a next-generation vehicle designed to carry U.S. nuclear weapons and other sensitive Department of Energy materials.
The U.S. Air Force is developing a successor to the General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper after the drone played a leading combat role during Operation Epic Fury against Iran.
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