Yearly Archive: 2020

HOHENFELS, Germany — NATO allies and partner countries will test the readiness of the U.S Army Soldiers during the Combined Resolve XIV exercise held in Hohenfels Training Area in September. The exercised is designed to evaluate and assess the readiness of the U.S. Army’s 2nd Armored Brigade Comba…

QUANTICO, Va. — For the first time since former President Ronald Reagan’s Administration, the Marine Corps is fielding a new service-wide pistol replacement.

Marine Corps Systems Command began fielding the M18 Modular Handgun System in September. This striker-fired, semi-automatic, 9-mm pistol …

CRANE, Ind. — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) led its first virtual Warfighter Driven Challenge (WDC) event to provide rapid prototype solutions for sailors and marines on August 10-14. This WDC was part of a larger Naval Research and Development Enterprise (NR&DE) Novel …

NELLIS AFB, Nev. — The 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center-Nellis (ShOC-N) participated in the most recent Air Force Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) Onramp #2 exercise Aug. 31 – Sept. 3, 2020.

As an integral part of the ABMS effort, the ShOC-N is …

Following final installation of the Thales Joint Network Management System (JNMS), the Interim Operational Capability (IOC) Site Acceptance Test (SAT) event was conducted simultaneously across the UK at the six Terminal Sites of Remote Radar Head (RRH) Neatishead, RRH Staxton Wold, RRH Buchan, RRH B…

It was a day of celebration when the U.S. Army announced the selection of Airbus’ (then American Eurocopter’s) helicopter as its new light utility aircraft of choice to replace the UH-1H Iroquois and OH-58 A/C Kiowa helicopters. On June 30, 2006, the Army chose the Lakota because it best met the mi…