On 22 June, the US Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, and Commander of US Africa Command, General Stephen Townsend visited the Western Libyan city of Zuwara for a meeting with… Continue reading "US Ambassador to Libya and AFRICOM Commander Meet Top Libyan Government Officials"
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted Wednesday night to approve an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would require the Department of Defense to rename military bases,… Continue reading "Senate Armed Services Committee Approves NDAA Amendment To Rename Military Bases"
The US Army Future Vertical Lift team have made the decision to have Sikorsky’s Raider X and Bell’s 360 Invictus compete head to head in a FARA prototype fly-off in… Continue reading "Sikorsky and Bell Selected to Compete in the FARA Fly-Off"
The Army announced on 16th March, that Bell and Sikorsky-Boeing will be competing in the next phase of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program. Once finalized, the FLRAA will… Continue reading "US Army Selects Bell and Sikorsky-Boeing for Blackhawk Replacement Competition"
The US Army has issued a new RFP (request for proposal) for the Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) requirement after General Dynamics’ Land Systems’ (GLDS) contract to supply their MUTT… Continue reading "US Army Restarts SMET Unmanned Ground Vehicle Competition"
The US Army’s future procurement of the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system has run into trouble with Israel reportedly unwilling to provide source code required to integrate the platform… Continue reading "The End For US Army Iron Dome Procurement?"
The US Air Force struck Kata’ib Hezbollah bases in Iraq and Syria on the 29th December, following a Katyusha rocket attack of over 30 rockets on the K1 military base… Continue reading "US Strikes Kata’ib Hezbollah Bases"
United States Army spokesman Sam Tricomo went on record saying BAE Systems has met all requirements for full-rate production of the upgraded howitzer and predicts it will be green-lit by… Continue reading "Army to Green-light Full-rate Production for BAE’s Howitzer Contract in January"
The US Africa Command reportedly lost a drone flying over Libyan airspace. Contact with the drone was lost over the city of Tripoli, controlled by the internationally recognized Government of… Continue reading "US Military Drone Missing Over Libya"
The US has published a request for information (RFI) for a new multi-mode AESA (active electronically scanned array radar) to equip its rotary-wing fleet. This radar is intended to perform… Continue reading "US Army Begins Looking for New Multi-mode AESA with EWAR Abilities for Rotorcraft"