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13 March

Canada Procures Microsatellite for Improved Military Surveillance

Canada’s Department of National Defence has acquired a new microsatellite to improve the surveillance capabilities of its armed forces.

13 March

Joe Saballa

Lockheed Martin Completes First F-16 Block 70 Aircraft for Bahrain

Lockheed Martin has completed developing the first export version of its F-16 Block 70 fighter aircraft for the Royal Bahraini Air Force.

13 March

A land craft, air cushioned vessel (LCAC) from the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) lands on Arta Beach to transport members of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, light armored vehicles and Humvees to the ship during a regular rotation of forces to support maritime security operations, provide crisis response capability, and increase theater security cooperation, Djibouti, May 30, 2013. An LCAC (hovercraft) is used for seamless transport of assets from ship to shore and across the beach. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Julianne M. Showalter)

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy Receives Latest Air-Cushioned Vessel

The US Navy has received its latest landing craft air cushion hovercraft for weapon systems, equipment, and personnel transport.

13 March

Joe Saballa

Russia Sending Captured US Weapons to Iran to ‘Reverse-Engineer’: Report

Russia is reportedly sending Iran some of the US-made weapons and equipment it captured in Ukraine to undergo “reverse-engineering.”

13 March

Staff Writer With AFP

Colombian Government, ELN Agree to Start Ceasefire Talks

Colombia's government and the National Liberation Army said they had agreed to begin negotiating a ceasefire.

12 March

US Marines load the high-speed transport vessel USNS Guam (T-HST 1) at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, March 3, 2023 ahead of exercise Freedom Shield 23 in South Korea

Staff Writer With AFP

US, South Korea Kick off Largest Drills in Five Years

South Korea and the US kicked off their largest joint military exercises in five years after nuclear-armed Pyongyang warned such drills could be seen as a "declaration of war."

10 March

Inder Singh Bisht

Persistent to Upgrade USAF Nuclear Missile Base Security Networking

The US Air Force has contracted Persistent Systems to establish seamless networking at the country’s three strategic missile bases.

10 March

1st Lt. Anton King, 75th Fighter Squadron pilot, poses for a photo wearing an HGU-55/P helmet fitted with Hybrid Optical-based Inertial Tracker and day visor Feb. 11, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The helmet provides A-10C Thunderbolt II pilots a central interface for everything they need, from oxygen supply to communications to flight instruments. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Airman 1st Class Hayden Legg) (This image was manipulated by merging two photos in Adobe Photoshop.)

Rojoef Manuel

F-35 Next-Gen Helmet-Mounted Microdisplay Step Closer to Production

Wearable solutions provider Kopin has achieved a "major milestone" in the production qualification of its Organic Light-Emitting Diode technology for F-35 helmet-mounted display systems.

10 March

Joe Saballa

China Developed J-20 Stealth Fighter Using US F-22 Raptor Tech: Report

China developed its J-20 stealth fighter by copying some technologies from the US Air Force’s F-22 Raptor, according to a former US military official.

10 March