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11 June

Staff Writer With AFP

S. Korea Fires Warning Shots After N. Korea Soldiers Briefly Cross Border

South Korean troops fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border this week.

10 June

Sigma fully automatic self-propelled howitzer

Inder Singh Bisht

Israel Fields ‘World’s First Fully Automatic’ 155mm Howitzer

The Israel Defense Forces has fielded the Roem/Sigma self-propelled howitzer following a series of tests.

10 June

Firefighters from the 86th Civil Engineer Squadron Kaiserslautern Military Community Fire Emergency Services stand by after transporting a wounded warrior from a C-17 Globemaster III to an ambulance on Aug. 9, 2015, on Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Ramstein fire and medical personnel from the 10th Aeromedical Evacuation Operations Team and the 455th Critical Care Air Transport Team assisted with the aeromedical evacuation out of Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Leslie Keopka)

Rojoef Manuel

AFRL to Open Critical Care Simulation Hub in Ohio

The Air Force Research Laboratory is developing a simulation hub in Ohio to train Critical Care Air Transport teams.

7 June

First Lt. Steven Hunter and Spc. Matthew Thornton provide security with an M1135 Reconnaissance Vehicle equipped with chemical agent detectors Aug. 16. These chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear operations specialists assigned to the 23rd Chemical Battalion conducted hazardous response platoon training Aug. 16 at the Satsop nuclear power plant development in Elma, Wash.

Rojoef Manuel

US Seeks Nuclear Microreactor Prototype to Power Army Bases

The US Defense Innovation Unit has opened a commercial solicitation for a nuclear microreactor prototype capability to power US Army bases.

6 June

Inder Singh Bisht

Russians Test, Deploy Kamikaze Ground Drones in Ukraine War

A Russian state firm recently tested a pair of kamikaze ground robots in the Ukraine war.

6 June

U.S. and Philippines Army soldiers work in the Joint Operations Center during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Exportable (JPMRC-X) exercise on Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, 31 May 2024. This iteration of JPMRC-X marks the first deployment to the Philippines, which will enable and assist the Philippines Army and the Armed Forces of the Philippines in building combat training center locations within the Philippines. The JPMRC-X is a Department of the Army initiative consisting of a deployable package of personnel and equipment designed to support training exercises across the Pacific. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Tommie Berry)

Rojoef Manuel

US, Philippine Army Launch Operations Center for Joint Pacific Exercise

The US and Philippine armies have inaugurated an operations center in Luzon to support a joint Pacific multinational readiness exercise.

6 June

The B-21 Raider was unveiled to the public at a ceremony Dec. 2, 2022 in Palmdale, Calif. The B-21 will provide survivable, long-range, penetrating strike capabilities to deter aggression and strategic attacks against the United States, allies, and partners. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Rojoef Manuel

Conti Federal to Build US Air Force B-21 Maintenance Hangar in South Dakota

Conti Federal has received a $135.5-million contract to build a B-21 Phase Maintenance Hangar for the US Air Force in South Dakota.

6 June

Joe Saballa

More People Quit British Military Than Signed Up Last Year: Data

Government data shows more people left the British military than signed up last year, further exacerbating an ongoing recruitment crisis.

6 June

A Leopard 2A7HU battle tank is seen loaded on the back of a truck. The tank is painted in camouflage.

Juster Domingo

Hungary Receives Two Additional Leopard 2A7HU Battle Tanks

Hungary has received two new Leopard 2A7HU battle tanks, increasing the Tarczay Ervin 11th Tank Battalion's battle fleet to 13.

5 June

Inder Singh Bisht

Chicago’s Latvian Community Donates Amphibious Vehicles to Ukraine

Chicago’s Latvian community has donated a batch of Bandvagn 202 amphibious tracked all-terrain articulated vehicles to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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