A brand name can mean a lot, especially in the world of firearms. However, careful attention must be paid when companies market themselves with a name linked to history. For example, the historic federal Springfield Armory is related only in name and logo to the modern firearms manufacturer and importer of the same name. Similarly, the Rock Island Armory firearms manufacturer is in no way related to the U.S. Army’s Rock Island Arsenal.
Fort Armstrong on Rock Island, c.
It’s been noted that your military service made lasting impact on both your identity and behavior. Some might even say you’ve been institutionalized by the experience. You may not recognize the signs but it’s likely others do. To be honest you may not want to change, but you should at least have the self-awareness to come to terms with the perception others have of you as veteran. Then you can decide if you want to modify your behavior or maintain the status quo.
Listed below are 5 more signs you are institutionalized
When it rains you go outside to train.
With its MOU with Secapem Defence Training Solutions, Aeralis is hoping to break into the French ‘Red Air’ training market with the modular jet it is developing. (Aeralis)
Aeralis has announced that it has entered the French market, with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed with a national ‘Red Air’ training provider on 26 April.
The MOU will see Aeralis and Secapem Defence Training Solutions (SDTS) explore light fast-jet aviation services in France.
A new electronic warfare aircraft to be developed and built in South Korea could be based on the Dassault Falcon 2000 business jet. The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) already operates the Falcon 2000 as an intelligence and surveillance aircraft. (Korean Air)
South Korea has launched a project to develop a new electronic warfare (EW) aircraft using a business jet as the baseline platform.
The project was revealed by South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) on 13 April.
Soldier Firing Weapon
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According to Pentagon documents leaked by Airman Jack Teixeira, Washinton does not believe Ukraine will be able to recapture any significant territory during its much-anticipated spring offensive. The doubt expressed in the leaked February assessment has left the Biden administration preparing for failure.
The Starliner UAV is called the Hermes 900 HFE in Swiss service after its heavy fuel engine. (Federal Office for Defence Procurement (Armasuisse))
Elbit’s flagship Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is still finding new customers as the company continues to develop it so as to compete with the larger General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, a senior executive told Janes.
Denmark and the Netherlands will jointly procure 14 Leopard 2A4 MBTs for Kyiv (photo of the first four tanks of the type delivered to Ukraine on 24 February in the presence of Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Poland’s Council of Ministers chairman Mateusz Morawiecki, and Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov). (Ukrainian MoD)
Denmark and the Netherlands will jointly procure 14 Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks (MBTs) for Ukraine, the Danish and Dutch ministries of defence (MoDs) announced on their websites on 20 April.
A file image of J-15 operations on the deck of
Liaoning
. The carrier’s sister ship,
Shandong
, carried out a series of operations in the Western Pacific, including a passage near Guam, in April 2023.
(AFP/Getty Images)
In what appears to be the latest flex of its projection capabilities, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has deployed its second aircraft carrier, Shandong, to within 400 n mile of the US island territory of Guam.
The recent announcement that the UK will acquire Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles to replace, in part, anti-structure munitions and NLAW anti-tank missiles granted to Ukraine, will see just 56 M4 rifles delivered, along with a training package and ammunition.
Revealed in March, the £4.6m package will see a return of the Carl-Gustaf to UK British Army service, which first adopted the system towards the end of the 1960s in its M2 variants as an infantry anti-tank capability.
The Philippine Army has deployed ATMOS, the example of which is pictured above, to the service’s 3rd Infantry Division based at Capiz province to neutralise the “Communist Terrorist Group”. (Soltam Systems)
The Philippine Army (PA) deployed two Autonomous Truck Mounted howitzer System (ATMOS) 155 mm/52 calibre self-propelled artillery units to the service’s 3rd Infantry Division based at Capiz province.
According to state-owned Philippine News Agency (PNA), two ATMOS units arrived at the 3rd Infantry Division headquarters in Jamindan municipality on 23 April.
