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27 August

Staff Writer With AFP

Islamic State Suicide Bombers Kill Scores at Kabul Airport

Twin suicide bombs ripped through crowds outside Kabul airport, killing scores of people including 13 US troops.

26 August

The Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) heads offshore at sunrise for an Operational Assessment mission off the coast of South Florida in November 2019

Hercules Reyes

US Navy Unmanned Minesweeping Tests Successful

The US Navy’s Unmanned Influence Sweep System has completed its initial operational test and evaluation.

26 August

Inder Singh Bisht

USAF Tests 2,000-Pound Dialable Effects Munition

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has demonstrated the customized detonation of an aircraft-launched munition.

26 August

Hercules Reyes

US DoD to Work on Project for Digital Copy of Gas Turbines

The US Department of Defense has awarded a winning proposal for a supercomputing project that will focus on the research and development of large-scale integrated simulations of gas turbine engines.

26 August

A 52nd Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Combat Shadow II aircraft flies over the skies of New Mexico.

Inder Singh Bisht

USAF Remotely Retargets Cargo Aircraft-Launched Missiles

The US Air Force has demonstrated its air-to-surface standoff missile-equipped Palletized Weapon System by remotely retargeting simulated missiles aboard a cargo aircraft.

25 August