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6 August

Andy Green, executive vice president of HII and president of HII's Mission Technologies division, Steve Wagner, vice president of operations at HII’s Enlighten subsidiary, and Grant Hagen, president of the Cyber, Electronic Warfare, and Space business group in HII's Mission Technologies division, celebrate the opening of Enlighten’s new office facility in Columbia, Maryland.

Rojoef Manuel

HII Cyber Subsidiary Opens New Hub in Maryland

HII segment Enlighten has inaugurated a new facility in Maryland to bolster data analysis support for the US military.

6 August

Joe Saballa

US Military Eyes Australian Island for Pacific Deterrence Initiative

The US military is considering a remote island in Australia as the next potential location for construction under the Pacific Deterrence Initiative.

6 August

Rojoef Manuel

General Dynamics Secures Materials Contract for US Navy Block VI Virginia Submarines

General Dynamics has received a $1.3-billion contract to procure long lead time materials for US Navy Block VI Virginia submarines.

6 August

From left: Darrell Phillipson, director, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate; Dr. Sean Donegan, Digital Manufacturing Research Team lead; Timothy Sakulich, AFRL executive director; and Dr. Charles Ormsby, Manufacturing, Industrial Technologies and Energy division chief observe as Boston Dynamics robot Astro cuts a ceremonial ribbon, officially opening the new Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, July 23, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo / Sarah Perez)

Rojoef Manuel

US Air Force Launches Collaborative Manufacturing Research Laboratory in Ohio

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has opened a Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems facility in Ohio.

6 August

MQ-20 Avenger, Sabreliner jet, and F-5 Advanced Tigers.

Inder Singh Bisht

MQ-20 to Play Adversary Aircraft in Pentagon Training Program

General Atomics has been contracted to turn a pair of MQ-20 Avenger drones into surrogate adversary autonomous aircraft for a Pentagon training program.

6 August

US Marines fire against terrorists operating in Fallujah, Iraq

Staff Writer With AFP

US Personnel Injured in Rocket Attack on Iraq Base

A rocket attack on a base in Iraq wounded multiple US personnel, officials said, adding to already heightened regional tensions over an expected Iranian counterattack on Israel.

6 August

Colombian navy military soldiers sit on a transport truck

Staff Writer With AFP

Colombia Resumes Military Operations Against ELN Rebels

Colombia's army has resumed military operations against the rebel National Liberation Army after a ceasefire deal expired, the defense minister said.

5 August

Inder Singh Bisht

US Army Awards BAE Additional $493M M109A7 Howitzer Contract

BAE Systems has been awarded a $493-million contract to continue producing the M109A7 self-propelled howitzer and M992A3 ammunition carrier for the US Army.

5 August