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Aging Kiowa, Vertical UAS Among Army Aviation Challenges
Probably by this summer, the Army will be floating a new idea past the troops for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Not a program of record, but something the Army expects to test in Afghanistan this summer, the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle. It’s a hybrid air vehicle — like a blimp — that can carry multiple [...]
Army Outlines Challenges for Aviation Branch
In remarks before members of the Association of the U.S. Army, the commander of the Army’s Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Ala., stressed that while there’s no doubt Army aviation continues to meet the needs of the nation today, significant challenges lie ahead for Army aviation as it grows. Kicking off the two-day [...]
Army to Replace 2 Brigades in Europe with Rotating Units
Ground forces will remain important to the U.S. defense strategy, but the employment of the forces will change, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said today. In an interview on his way to Fort Bliss, Texas, Panetta said that the Army will withdraw two brigade combat teams from Europe, while retaining a strong presence in the [...]
Army hosts network modernization Industry Day
Army officials hosted more than 275 industry representatives at new integration facilities at Aberdeen Proving Ground this week, stressing the service’s commitment to its new “agile” approach to modernizing the tactical communications network. The Jan. 11 event was the second informative Industry Day held since the Army launched the Network Integration Evaluations, known as NIEs, [...]
Kenya Police First in Africa with Eurocopter AS350B3e Helicopter
The Kenya Police Air-Wing is expanding its airborne law enforcement and crime prevention unit with the delivery of a Eurocopter AS350 B3e Ecureuil helicopter. Kenya’s selection of the AS350 B3e, which is the enhanced version of Eurocopter’s successful AS350 model, follows an open and competitive tender won earlier this year by Eurocopter Southern Africa (Pty) [...]
US Army Contracts Boeing for 14 Additional CH-47F Chinook Helicopters
The Boeing Company has received a U.S. Army contract valued at approximately $370 million for 14 CH-47F Chinook helicopters to support Foreign Military Sales efforts. The aircraft will be delivered to the U.S. Army beginning in 2014; all but one are intended for Australia and the United Arab Emirates. “This new aircraft sale brings our [...]
Sixth Guard battalion transitions to Longbow Apache
The Missouri National Guard’s 1-135th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion began the new year last week with a roll-out ceremony that officially transitioned the battalion to an AH-64D Apache Longbow unit. The battalion, overseen by the 35th Combat Aviation Brigade, or CAB, in Sedalia, has a rich history as an Army Aviation Battalion within the Missouri National [...]
First Army uses simulator training to prevent deaths on battlefield
With blood loss being the leading cause of preventable death on the battlefield, First Army Division East is incorporating more realistic, up-to-date training to prepare the nation’s deploying Soldiers for treating injuries on the battlefield. The ultimate goal: more lives saved. Recently, 11 combat medics from First Army Division East underwent four days of in-depth [...]
Training Kicks Off for NATO Mentors in Afghanistan
Almost 300 troops from eight countries, all bound for Afghanistan to mentor Afghan national security forces, kicked off a rigorous pre-deployment training rotation yesterday in Hohenfels, Germany. Ten operational mentor liaison teams converged on the Joint Multinational Readiness Center for 17 days of training designed to prepare them for a mission critical to the transition [...]
