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Jun- 2024 -

4 June

An image of the new Lockheed Martin facility in Huntsville, Alabama. The building has glass panels for its front, which reflects the blue sky dotted with white clouds. Some trees can be seen peeking out from the foreground.

Lockheed Martin Opens $18M Engineering Facility in Alabama

Lockheed Martin has opened a new engineering facility, laboratory, and demonstration center in Alabama to advance US security capabilities.

4 June

Staff Writer With AFP

Bosnia Ammunition Exports Rise Sharply, US a Top Buyer

Bosnia's arms exports nearly doubled in the first four months of the year compared to the same period in 2023, with the US reportedly a top destination.

3 June

Joe Saballa

Taiwan to Create DARPA-Inspired Innovation Unit for Asymmetric Warfare

Taiwan’s new defense minister has unveiled plans to create the country’s own Defense Innovation Unit to boost its asymmetrical warfare capabilities.

3 June

Inder Singh Bisht

US Air Force F-35s to Get Norwegian Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles

The US Air Force has awarded its first Joint Strike Missile cruise missile contract to Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace for its F-35s.

3 June

Joe Saballa

US Air Force Wants New, Advanced Sensors for All-Weather ISR Missions

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has asked industry partners to develop new, advanced sensors that can support all-weather intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.

3 June

The Navy's newest Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) hovercraft arrived at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City (NSWC PCD) September 2nd 2020. The two craft, LCAC 100 and LCAC 101, were escorted by NSWC PCD's research, development, test and evaluation craft, LCAC 91. This effort is part of the Navy's Ship to Shore Connector Program which calls for the procurement of 72 craft with a separate craft serving as a test and training craft.

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy Accepts New Ship-to-Shore Hovercraft From Textron

Textron Systems has delivered the US Navy’s Landing Craft Air Cushion 109 as part of the service’s Ship-to-Shore Connector fleet expansion.

3 June

Inder Singh Bisht

US Army Delivers Advanced Recon Drones to First Brigade Combat Team

The US Army has delivered the first batch of short range reconnaissance drones to an airborne brigade combat team.

May- 2024 -

31 May

Inder Singh Bisht

General Atomics 200-Horsepower Engine Moves Closer to Certification

General Atomics has completed durability testing on its new 200-horsepower heavy fuel engine, offering a maintenance-free operational period of 2,500 hours (over 100 days).

31 May