Yearly Archive: 2022

GAO Looks at US Air Force’s Prospects on 75th Anniversary

GAO Looks at US Air Force’s Prospects on 75th Anniversary

Sunday marks the 75th Anniversary of the U.S. Air Force. Established by the Department of Defense on September 18, 1947, the Air Force has played a critical role in our national defense and has also become integral to American air superiority with its fighter jets, bombers, and advanced technologies…
Pentagon Awards Javelin Replacement Contract

Pentagon Awards Javelin Replacement Contract

The Army awarded a production contract for $311 million on Sep. 13 to the Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) between Raytheon Missiles and Defense and Lockheed Martin for delivery of more than 1,800 Javelins that will serve as replenishment for those rounds from DoD stocks sent to Ukraine in support of the…
Lockheed Delivers Highest-Powered Laser to Date to Pentagon

Lockheed Delivers Highest-Powered Laser to Date to Pentagon

BOTHELL, Wash. — Lockheed Martin delivered to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering OUSD (R&E) a new benchmark: a tactically-relevant electric 300 kW-class laser, the most powerful laser that Lockheed Martin has produced to date. This 300 kW-class laser is ready t…
Marines Takes CH-53K Helicopter on First Exercise

Marines Takes CH-53K Helicopter on First Exercise

MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho — Arid, hot air sits heavy over the mountains. Soon, the autumn winds will sweep the lands to chase away the heat, but before they can, the chop of helicopter rotor blades can be heard through the valleys. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 has been here before, but never wi…
Russian Soldiers Move to Kazakhstan for Launch of Soyuz

Russian Soldiers Move to Kazakhstan for Launch of Soyuz

The servicemen of the Central Military District, who will be involved in ensuring the safety of the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket vehicle with the Soyuz MS-22 manned spaceship, have begun relocating to operational duty stations in Kazakhstan.

The aviation group – Mi-8 helicopters and AN-12 and …

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