More than 5,000 National Guard troops have been mobilized ahead of Hurricane Milton which is expected to make landfall late Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the Florida National Guard activated nearly 5,000 of its members with 11 rotary-wing aircraft, more than 400 high-water vehicles and 16 watercraft as the state prepares for a storm that climate officials are warning could be “one of the most intense hurricanes on record” in the Atlantic basin which includes the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Rheinmetall has completed the qualification readiness of its latest 120mm enhanced armour-piercing kinetic energy (KE) ammunition.
CDM reported on the recent incident in North Carolina where a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter damaged the civilian aid collection site in the NC Hurricane Helene impact area.
Initial reports on X were the aircraft belonged to the CT National Guard.
We contacted the CT National Guard yesterday and obtained an interim statement. North Carolina released the statement below today.
In a separate incident, a U.S. Army Chinook sent several civilians to the hospital when trying to land.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has been awarded a contract, valued at up to $4.1bn, for the production of GMLRS rockets.
Nikki Wentling, Army T.
Bob Ashley, RealClearDefense
DefOne
Efforts to build giant, power-hungry models may be squeezing out the kind of computing-at-the-edge projects the military actually needs.
The Aviationist
The JASSM contract will supply missiles to the Air Force, Navy and Allies comprising Japan, the Netherlands, Finland and Poland.
K. Kajal, Interesting Engineering
Roadrunner-M is a high-explosive VTOL interceptor that can eliminate costly aerial threats or be reused at minimal expense.
Decision Lens is a winner in the Innovation category in the 2024 Army Technology Excellence Awards.