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Apr- 2023 -

3 April

A U.S Army Soldier lifts the hydraulic launching system on the new Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) during Operation Thunderbolt Strike at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, March 3, 2023. During the LRHW system development, the Army’s Rapid Capabilities & Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) implemented a Soldier-centered design concept which uses formal and informal Soldier touch points to obtain early feedback to influence design, speed up development, and ensure an operationally effective weapon system. (Spc. Chandler Coats)

US Army Deploys First Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon in Florida

The US Army has deployed its first long-range hypersonic weapon system in Florida as part of a full expeditionary launch rehearsal.

3 April

Staff Writer With AFP

NATO’s Eastern Flank Calls for Increased US Presence

NATO eastern flank members have called for a stepped-up US military presence in the region as they looked ahead to an alliance summit in Vilnius in July.

Mar- 2023 -

31 March

Joe Saballa

Raytheon Clinches $619M US Navy SPY-6 Radar Contract

Raytheon Technologies has received a $619-million contract to continue supplying the US Navy with AN/SPY-6(V) air and missile defense radars.

31 March

A test dummy equipped with a new modular handgun system is dropped at a rate of speed on a vertical deceleration tower inside the 711th Human Performance Wing, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Dec. 6, 2017. The drop is meant to simulate being ejected from an aircraft and tests the safety and durability of the new modular handgun system when exposed to the stresses associated with ejection from an aircraft. This is the first time any service has conducted this type of demonstration to ensure a side arm is safe for aircrew to carry in ejection seat aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth)

Rojoef Manuel

US Approves Foreign Military Sale of Actuated Devices to Kuwait

The US has approved a $59.1 million foreign military sale of actuated devices and related support for Kuwait.

31 March

A critical air transport team from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 15th Medical Group personnel escort a patient into a Negative Pressure Conex-Lite during an aircraft swap at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. This was the first instance within the U.S. Pacific Air Forces area of responsibility that an NCPL was moved from one aircraft to another while carrying a patient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

Rojoef Manuel

SimX to Produce VR Simulator for USAF En-Route Medical Training

SimX has received a $750,000 contract to develop a virtual reality medical simulator solution supporting US Air Force en-route care training.

31 March

Inder Singh Bisht

BAE Systems Test-Fires Sub-Caliber Long-Range Artillery Round

BAE Systems test-fired a sub-caliber artillery round as part of the US Army’s XM1155 Extended-Range Artillery Projectile program.

30 March

Staff Writer With AFP

Nine Dead in Crash of Two US Army Black Hawks

Two US Army helicopters crashed during a nighttime training mission in Kentucky, killing all nine soldiers on board, a general said.

30 March

Joe Saballa

US Air Force Ditches ARRW Hypersonic Missile Development

The US Air Force will no longer pursue the development of its troubled Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon hypersonic missile program.

30 March

Inder Singh Bisht

Lockheed Flight Tests Patriot-3 MSE With Updated Software

Lockheed Martin has flight-tested its PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement to validate the platform’s latest software update.

30 March

Joe Saballa

AeroVironment Introduces Upgraded Switchblade 300 Block 20 Drone

AeroVironment has unveiled a new version of its Switchblade suicide drone featuring significant performance and capability improvements.

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