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MOSA: A Winning Strategy for FLRAA and Army Current Fleet Modernization

MOSA: A Winning Strategy for FLRAA and Army Current Fleet Modernization
MOSA: A Winning Strategy for FLRAA and Army Current Fleet Modernization

An open digital architecture leads to increased interoperability, affordability, upgrades and enhanced capabilities like launched effects and autonomy.

US and allies put ‘perishable’ amphibious skills to the test in Asia’s biggest military exercise

US and allies put ‘perishable’ amphibious skills to the test in Asia’s biggest military exercise
US and allies put ‘perishable’ amphibious skills to the test in Asia’s biggest military exercise

Cobra Gold, now in its 43rd year, included 30 countries, seven of them full participants, and more than 9,000 personnel, making it the largest defense exercise in Asia and the longest-running in the world, said Rear Adm. Christopher Stone, commander of the US Navy’s Task Force 76/3.

Poland gets US-made HIMARS, early Apaches in latest defense boost

Poland gets US-made HIMARS, early Apaches in latest defense boost
Poland gets US-made HIMARS, early Apaches in latest defense boost

In a symbolic gesture, the HIMARS were delivered by a Ukrainian heavy transport that flew from the US to Warsaw.

Army orders aviation stand down in wake of fatal helo accidents

Army orders aviation stand down in wake of fatal helo accidents
Army orders aviation stand down in wake of fatal helo accidents

On Thursday, three soldiers were killed in a mid-air collision between two Apache attack helicopters in Alaska, weeks after nine died in a Black Hawk incident in Kentucky.

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Six ways DEFIANT X supports the Army’s total mission

Six ways DEFIANT X supports the Army’s total mission
Six ways DEFIANT X supports the Army’s total mission

The wars of tomorrow are won with the innovations of today.

India Is Going Big on New Fighters; Lockheed, Boeing Pledge Indian Plants

India Is Going Big on New Fighters; Lockheed, Boeing Pledge Indian Plants
India Is Going Big on New Fighters; Lockheed, Boeing Pledge Indian Plants

Boeing, Lockheed, Dassault Aviation of France, the European Eurofighter consortium, Sweden’s Saab, and United Aircraft Corporation of Russia are all jockeying for position for an Indian fighter contract worth $15 billion for 110 planes, and an $8 billion navy program of around 60 aircraft.

Army Loves AH-64D Block III Enough To Call It Echo; Will Taliban Call It The Echo Monster?

AUSA: The Army has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday to announce that from that day on, the Block III version of Boeing Co.’s AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter will instead be designated the AH-64E. Program officials will make the announcement at this year’s annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army, the…

Apache Crash Video Gets Laughs Online – But Helicopter Risks Are Deadly Serious

A YouTube video of an American AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashing in Afghanistan has gone viral, with commentators expert and otherwise chiming in on the pilot’s mistakes and appropriate punishments. The International Security Assistance Force told the Pentagon-supported newspaper Stars and Stripes that they “believe the video shows a crash which occurred in Paktika province…

Lockheed’s JTRS Clears Flight Tests, Sets Stage For Key Army Review

Washington: After a series of successful flight tests in New Mexico last week, a version of the Joint Tactical Radio System could be back in the Army’s arsenal as soon as next fiscal year. An airborne version of the Lockheed Martin-built radio, known as Airborne/Maritime Fixed JTRS, flew several test flights aboard the Army’s newest…

Boeing Military Air Seeks Sales Growth in Foreign Markets; Tanker Talks Begin

Paris: Boeing’s military aircraft business expects its international sales to grow by some 5 percent over the next five to seven years, president Chris Chadwick told Breaking Defense. He said Boeing sees “about a five- to seven-year window of opportunity that only comes along once in a while in the international arena.” Most of that…