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France has delivered 39 armoured personnel carriers (VABs) to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in a ceremony held at the Beirut Port, Lebanon.

To help realize its vision for a hybrid fleet operating in the Pacific theater, the Navy is pursuing new technology to remotely and realistically emulate signals on uncrewed systems.
In January, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle officially announced his “Hedge Strategy,” which includes investing in a variety of robotic and autonomous platforms to supplement and complement the main battle force of manned vessels.

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranAs the war with Iran extends into a second month, the White House is publicly bullish on both its military achievements and diplomatic prospects. The former are considerable, though not definitive.

An annual event honoring service members and veteran paratroopers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has been cancelled after Pentagon officials confirmed that troops from the base are deploying to the Middle East.
All American Week is hosted every year at Fort Bragg, North Carolina — home to the 82nd Airborne Division. This year’s event, scheduled from May 18 to 21, has been cancelled, Army officials confirmed.
The event was “canceled due to competing requirements,” Maj. Joe Bush, a spokesperson for the 82nd Airborne Division, said in a statement to Task & Purpose.

Growing up on a farm in Minnesota, Charles Lindbergh often lay in the grass and looked up at the clouds.
The young boy wanted to be closer to them, and the only way he knew how was to learn to fly. His father was against the idea, but Lindbergh was determined. From his first time at the controls of an airplane in 1922, he was transfixed.
Related: This famous pilot flew 50 combat missions as a civilian
“My early flying seemed an experience beyond mortality,” Lindbergh recalled.

The Army has put a hold on a proposed wave of closures that would have shuttered more than 20 official museums on Army bases around the country. Instead, the service will fall in line with rules set down by Congress this year that direct each military service to establish a “museum system.”
The Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps each operate a handful of established formal museums, but the Army’s 45-facility museum network is by far the largest and least centralized, spread across nearly 100 buildings and warehouses on bases across the U.S. and overseas.

The US Department of State has authorised a potential Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Singapore, covering the acquisition of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System-Alternative Warhead (GMLRS-AW).

General Dynamics Land Systems UK informed Army Technology of its rigorous testing procedures for Ajax despite DE&S concerns.

The Armalite Rifle platform has been serving the United States military for more than 60 years, with its original adoption dating back to 1963. While the M16 was initially met with plenty of justified criticism, the platform and the 5.56 NATO ammunition it uses have come a long way.
When you look at what a frontline infantryman needs, it’s not surprising why it was adopted and why it’s stayed in service for so long. But, like anything else, it’s not without its flaws. In particular, there is one flaw with the M4 that, if fixed, could make it a near-perfect carbine.

S. Trimble, AvWeek
A new variant of a low-cost, air-launched cruise missile quietly entered development for the U.S.