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101st Airborne Division adds realism to Army network exercise
While thousands of Soldiers maneuver across the New Mexico desert to assess the Army’s future tactical communications network, a smaller group more than a thousand miles away is playing a quieter but essential role in the Network Integration Evaluation 12.2. For the first time, Army planners have incorporated the role of higher headquarters into the [...]
11 Pakistani peacekeepers wounded in DR Congo: UN
Angry villagers opened fire at a UN peacekeeping base in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, injuring at least 11 Pakistani peacekeepers, officials said. The villagers were apparently angry at the lack of protection against attacks by militias. The UN Security Council strongly condemned the attack while expressing concern at the deteriorating security situation [...]
General Dynamics to Develop Joint Assault Bridge Prototypes
The U.S. Army Contracting Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $26 million contract to build two Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) prototypes. General Dynamics Land Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics. The Joint Assault Bridge program is a multi-service initiative to replace the existing Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB) system that is [...]
Famous FN MAG Machine Gun Goes Polymer
The 7.62x51mm NATO caliber FN MAG – designed, developed, manufactured and marketed by Belgium-based small arms manufacturer FN Herstal – comes now standard with a polymer buttstock. This change in the standard configuration results from current trends showing increasing market demand for machine guns excluding wooden parts, these being impossible to decontaminate after contact with [...]
US insists Iraq police training not being scrapped
The US embassy in Baghdad insisted on Sunday it had no plans to shut down a multi-billion-dollar police training programme that it said was a “vital part” of its enormous civilian mission here. Responding to a New York Times report that the US may phase the programme out entirely, the embassy did not comment on [...]
Russia Testing Italian Tank
Russia is testing Italy’s Centauro wheeled tank and considering building it under license, a representative of the Oto-Melara company which makes the tank said on Saturday. “The first two machines with 105-mm and 125-mm guns are on trial at a Moscow Region proving ground,” he said. Two more Centauros with 120-mm and 30-mm guns will [...]
3D MAW (FWD) explores the use of unmanned helicopters
Improvised explosive devices have changed the way the Marine Corps engages hostile forces. The need has risen for supplies to reach the most remote parts of Afghanistan quickly, reliably and safely. Late last year, the Corps began experimenting with the K-MAX – an unmanned helicopter, able to transport large amounts of cargo and reduce the [...]
Army scientists develop deployable renewable-energy solutions
Soldiers stationed in remote combat outposts face logistics and safety challenges to power their radios, laptops and GPS units. U.S. Army scientists are researching methods to harness the sun and wind to ease the burdens associated with transporting fossil fuels to dangerous areas. Marnie de Jong, an electrical engineer with the U.S. Army Research, Development [...]
Deployment Extended For K-Max Unmanned Aerial Cargo Hauler
Two unmanned K-MAX helicopters have delivered more than one million pounds in less than four months in support of the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan and will remain in theater until September on a deployment extension. The aircraft, a joint effort by Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace , is the first unmanned helicopter to deliver [...]
