KNDS has inaugurated a new production line for the BOXER 8×8 wheeled vehicle at its Munich-Allach site in Germany.
Author: Michael
The National Guard tends to be the butt of a lot of jokes from fellow service members and civilians alike.
It’s not without merit, as a lot of times, the jokes write themselves. Especially if you’ve deployed overseas and seen how some National Guard units are put in the tower-guard-and-sandbag-filler pigeonhole.
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But what the National Guard doesn’t do very often is defend itself by parading around its own history.
Next-generation weapons are among the key focuses as the US Army presented a $253bn budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year 2027.
Lacking a land warfare centre, Saab determined that many forces in Africa cannot effectually dictate troops how to train.
First, the Army got a remote-controlled Black Hawk. Now it is a step closer to getting an autonomous Chinook, after a CH‑47F Chinook successfully landed in testing without a pilot. The test flight is a major milestone as the Army increasingly explores automating parts of its air fleet.
The test flight comes as the Army has begun implementing major cuts to its pilot and aviation corps, targeting 6,000 positions of crews and pilots to be cut.
A white T-shirt represented the last chance for 38 submariners.
Without it, they could not have survived much longer in the crippled U.S. Navy submarine S-5. It sank on September 1, 1920, after a crew member mistakenly left the main induction valve open during a normally routine crash dive. That moment of forgetfulness caused the sub to flood and eventually sink.
Brian Everstine, AvWeek
The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request includes a major increase in F-35 procurement and spares after last year’s reduction
Colton Jones, Defence Blog
Soldiers from Boxer Battery, 1st Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade, completed a multi-day High Mobility Artillery Rocket System…
Thomas Newdick, The WarZone
Development of X-BAT is accelerating, including the use of a thrust vectoring nozzle from an experimental F-16 that was borrowed “Indiana Jones style.
Todd South, A&SF Mag.