U.S. Army

Air Middle East 

U.S. Military MH-60 Black Hawk Special Operations Helicopter Crashes in Iraq Killing One Coalition Service Member

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), Accidents/ Crashes, Helicopter, Iraq, Operation Inherent Resolve, Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk, Special Operations Forces (SOF), U.S. Army

A U.S. military MH-60 Black Hawk special operations helicopter has crashed at approximately 10 p.m. GMT on Aug. 19 in

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Americas Misc 

NorthropGrumman IBCS Demonstrates its Ability to Scale Up and Network Across Long Distances

August 15, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments IAMD Battle Command System (IBCS), Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD), Northrop Grumman, U.S. Army, USA

Northrop Grumman-developed Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) successfully demonstrated its ability to scale up and

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Americas Artillery Land 

Lockheed Martin Receives $218M Contract to Supply 18 M142 HIMARS Launchers to Romania

August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), Lockheed Martin, M142 HIMARS, MGM-140 ATACMS, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Romania, U.S. Army, USA

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $218 million contract to supply 18 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers

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Air Americas 

U.S. Army Conducts Limited User Testing Prototype UH-60V Black Hawk Helicopter

August 11, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Avionics, Helicopter, Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, U.S. Army, USA

The U.S. Army’s program to bring a modern digital cockpit to the Black Hawk helicopter hit another milestone July 9

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Americas Misc 

U.S. Army Test-Fires First Black Dagger/Boosted Zombie Target (BZT) Realistic Threat Ballistic Missile Target

August 10, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Ballistic Missile Target, Black Dagger/Boosted Zombie Target (BZT), Fort Bliss, Terrier booster, U.S. Army, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), USA, White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), Zombie Pathfinder target missile

The U.S. Army test-fired its first Black Dagger/Boosted Zombie Target (BZT) realistic threat ballistic missile target on June 7, 2018.

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Air/ Missile Defense Europe 

Sweden Signs Agreement to Purchase Patriot Air and Missile Defense System

August 10, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air Defense System, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD), MIM-104 Patriot, Raytheon, Sweden, U.S. Army, USA

The government of Sweden signed an agreement to purchase Raytheon Patriot air and missile defense system from the U.S. Army.

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Americas Europe Small Arms and Light Weapons 

German Army Tests G95K Assault Rifle at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground

August 9, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Assault rifle, German Army (Deutsches Heer), German Special Forces Command (KSK), Germany, Heckler & Koch HK416, U.S. Army, USA, Yuma Proving Ground (YPG)

The German Ministry of Defense has brought the G95K assault rifle to the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) for

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Americas Small Arms and Light Weapons 

Textron Systems to Develop Prototype for U.S. Army’s Next-Generation Squad Automatic Rifle Program

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Light Machine Gun (LMG), Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT), M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle (NGSAR), Textron Systems, U.S. Army, USA

Textron Systems received a contract from the U.S. Army to develop a prototype for the Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle

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Americas Directed-energy weapons 

Team Dynetics Receives Contract for Next Phase of 100 kW-Class Laser Weapon System for U.S. Army

August 6, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Dynetics, Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV), High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD), Laser gun, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Army, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), USA

Dynetics, along with its partners, has been awarded a $10 million contract to continue development for the next phase of

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Air Americas 

U.S. Army Selects BAE Systems to Upgrade ASN-128 Doppler GPS Navigation System on Black Hawk Helicopters

August 6, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments AN/ASN-128 DGNS, BAE Systems, Doppler Navigation System, Global Positioning System (GPS), Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, U.S. Army, USA

The U.S. Army has selected BAE Systems to provide touch screen computer display units (CDU) as an upgrade to the

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