The Sikorsky S-97 Raider and Defiant SB1 Defiant are the next generation multi-mission helicopters platform. The S-97 RAIDER aircraft’s capabilities will meet both conventional U.S. Army and Special Operations future requirements in a variety of combat roles. Additionally, potential applications for US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corp services are being explored. The […]

Lenco Announces Successful Blast Testing of BEAR® Troop Transport Armored Vehicle Testing conducted at US Army’s Aberdeen Test Center Lenco Industries, Inc., the global leader in the design and manufacture of armored police vehicles, announces successful underbody and side blast testing of the BEAR® 17-man Troop Transport Armored Vehicle designed for Military and Government personnel […]

The Coast Guard took delivery of the first of 14 former Air National Guard C-27J transports it is slated to receive. The airplane, which formerly served at the Mississippi ANG’s schoolhouse at Key Field in Meridian, was ferried on Nov. 13 from the Air Force’s aircraft boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., to CGAS Elizabeth City, […]

Armor may protect vehicles from being breached by roadside bombs, but it does not always protect vehicles and their passengers from being tossed up and slammed down by a blast. For the past year, TenCate Advanced Armor USA has been working to prove to the US Army that its novel technology does just that. Its […]

(Reuters) – The Brazilian Army has expressed interest in buying a handful of Boeing Co (BA.N) CH-47 Chinook helicopters, the company said on Wednesday, saying that it continued to view Brazil as an important partner for defense and commercial projects. “We have had some early discussions about the Chinook with the Brazilian Army,” Boeing spokesman […]

The Marine Corps is testing a tethered unmanned vehicle designed to follow human movement, carry supplies and perform a wide range of possible missions for forces on-the-move, industry officials said Sept. 24 at the Corps’ Modern Day Marine symposium, Quantico, Va. General Dynamics Land Systems has developed the Multi-Utility Tactical Transport, or MUTT – a […]

The US Navy on 10 October announced the initial operating capability of its Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. The E-2 radar, communication and command and control aircraft was first introduced in 1964 to improve the radar range of aircraft carrier strike groups at sea. The E-2D improves upon its predecessors […]

Two U.S. F-22 fighter jets intercepted six Russian military airplanes that were flying near Alaska, military officials said Friday. Lt. Col. Michael Jazdyk, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said the jets intercepted the planes about 55 nautical miles from the Alaskan coast at about 7 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday. […]

Laser weapons mounted aboard U.S. Navy ships and large trucks have already shown the power to shoot down flying drones during test trials. That early success has encouraged the U.S. military to fund a new effort to develop smaller versions of these anti-drone weapons that can fit light ground vehicles such as the military Humvee. […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. — Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK), reached a milestone in the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program by completing Net-Ready testing with the Oshkosh Light Combat Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle (L-ATV). “We are pleased that our JLTV has demonstrated its capability to transfer critical data […]