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New tactical comms system for US ground troops aims to break network silos
General Dynamics revealed a new artificial intelligence-enabled, portable communications system on Thursday called the Vion, a Mission Partner Environment solution. Although its basic purpose is to give ground troops a suitcase-sized platform to exchange messages and files, the company said its real value is how it connects allied systems. In an interview with Military Times, Jason Myers, vice president of…
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German pilots prepare for CH‑47F fleet with US Army flight simulator
A U.S. Army flight simulator at a barracks in Germany stands as a center of critical training for NATO’s aviation community.The U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach’s Stock Barracks in Illesheim houses the Illesheim Flight Simulator Complex, or IFSC, providing one-of-a-kind training opportunities ahead of the German Armed Forces preparing to field…
US aircraft lost or damaged in Iran war nearly doubles in latest congressional report
An updated report from the Congressional Research Service, or CRS, now lists 81 U.S. military aircraft as lost or damaged since the United States launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran on Feb. 28. That is nearly double the 42 aircraft the research service counted in May, as Defense News reported…
During WWI, this German sub sailed into a US harbor — uninvited
Sailors lined the railings of American destroyers in Newport Harbor, staring in disbelief at the sight before them. Under a bright blue sky, a large gray submarine floated gently on the placid waters of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay, within hailing distance of Naval Station Newport, then known as Newport Training…
Army sets date, location for execution of Nidal Malik Hasan
The Army has set a date and location for the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army officer and psychiatrist who killed 13 people and injured 32 others during a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009. “The execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad will take place…
Inside the push for Agent Orange victims memorial in small-town Utah
Former Air Force Sgt. Larry Kerr has been lobbying for years to come up with a plan to honor the Vietnam veterans who developed cancers and other related diseases from exposure to the Agent Orange defoliant that their leaders, and what was then the Veterans Administration, claimed was safe.“I just…
US military orders 2-day pause on Okinawa following Marine’s arrest for alleged murder
U.S. officials directed all military personnel on Okinawa, Japan, to cease operations for 48 hours to allow leaders to conduct standards training after a Marine lance corporal was arrested for allegedly murdering and robbing a local woman.The operation pause comes just days after local police arrested Marine Corps Lance Cpl.…