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US Air Force Tests JDAM as Anti-Ship Weapon, Sinks Ship

US Air Force Tests JDAM as Anti-Ship Weapon, Sinks Ship

EGLIN AFB, Fla. — The Air Force Research Laboratory and Eglin’s Integrated Test Team demonstrated a new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats April 28, 2022, that successfully destroyed a full-scale surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico.

An F-15E Strike Eagle releas…

Swiss Take Delivery of First Two Elbit 900 Reconnaissance Drones

Swiss Take Delivery of First Two Elbit 900 Reconnaissance Drones

BERN — The first two unmanned aircraft of the ADS 15 reconnaissance drone system have arrived in Switzerland. Over the coming months, they will undergo flight testing before being handed over to the Air Force in 2022.

On April 21 and 26, 2022, the first two drones and two ground control station…

UK Deploys 8,000 Troops on European Exercises

UK Deploys 8,000 Troops on European Exercises

Around 8,000 British Army troops will conduct a series of planned exercises across Europe this summer in one of the largest deployments since the Cold War.

The exercises will see 72 Challenger 2 tanks, 12 AS90 tracked artillery guns and 120 Warrior armoured fighting vehicles deploy to countries f…

DRS, FLIR Share $1.1 Bn US Army Order for Weapon Sights

DRS, FLIR Share $1.1 Bn US Army Order for Weapon Sights

— DRS Network & Imaging Systems LLC, Melbourne, Florida, was awarded a $579,295,440 firm-fixed-price contract for the Family of Weapons Sights-Individual.
Bids were solicited via the internet with four received.
Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated co…
Pentagon Left Weapons Worth $7Bn in Afghanistan

Pentagon Left Weapons Worth $7Bn in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON — The fall of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan gave Taliban fighters access to more than $7 billion worth of American military equipment, according to data in a report submitted this week to U.S. lawmakers and confirmed by the Pentagon.

The findings, first reported by CNN, s…

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