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US Air Force to Deliver Laser-Armed Counter-UXO Vehicle

US Air Force to Deliver Laser-Armed Counter-UXO Vehicle

ROBINS AFB, Ga. — The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Agile Combat Support (ACS) Directorate is on track to deliver by fall of this year, the first of 13 vehicles that utilize directed energy, or lasers to safely detonate and clear unexploded ordnance – such as bombs, grenades, improvis…
Thales Wins £90M Contract for Challenger 3 Tank Main Sight

Thales Wins £90M Contract for Challenger 3 Tank Main Sight

A £90 million subcontract has been awarded to Thales UK, based in Scotland, to deliver next generation sights for the British Army’s upgraded Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank (MBT).

The contract was signed by RBSL and Thales, with the Secretary of State for Scotland in attendance, at Thales’s site i…

Germany to Send Additional Troops to Lithuania

Germany to Send Additional Troops to Lithuania

German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said extra forces will be deployed to the Baltic nation amid regional tensions with Russia. The deployment there could be Germany’s second largest after Mali.

Germany will deploy up to 350 additional troops “within a few days” to Lithuania, Defense Mi…

USNS John Lewis Conducts Builder’s Trials

USNS John Lewis Conducts Builder’s Trials

USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy’s lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers, conducted initial Builder’s Trials and returned to port, Feb. 4.

Builder’s Trials consist of a series of in-port and at-sea demonstrations that allow the Navy and the shipbuilder, General Dynamics Nat…

GD Wins $229M to Build Next Generation Cryptographic Key Loader

GD Wins $229M to Build Next Generation Cryptographic Key Loader

FAIRFAX, Va. –– General Dynamics Mission Systems announced today that it was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to develop and produce a certified hand-held device to manage and transfer cryptographic key material and mission planning data.

Under this contract, awarded by the Army’s Program …

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