MARCH 8, 2019 - The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a long-range, high subsonic unmanned air vehicle completed its inaugural flight March 5, 2019, at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. The Air Force Research Laboratory partnered with Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems to develop the XQ-58A. This joint effort falls within the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Low Cost Attritable Aircraft … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2019
U.S. Military Plans Release of Tenant Bill of Rights
MARCH 7, 2019 - All four military services of the U.S. Department of Defense are preparing a joint Tenant Bill of Rights in an effort to ensure service members and their families have safe, quality homes and communities, and clear rights while living in them. It is intended to increase the accountability of privatized housing companies by putting more oversight authority in the … [Read more...]
Marine Corps fields First Joint Light Tactical Vehicle
MARCH 7, 2019, Camp Pendleton, CA - Program Executive Officer Land Systems fielded its first Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to Marines at School of Infantry West during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Feb. 28, at Camp Pendleton, California. Andrew Rodgers, program manager for the Light Tactical Vehicles program at PEO Land Systems, presented the Corps’ first JLTV to Col. Kyle … [Read more...]
Air Force Starts Issuing New M18 Handgun, Phases Out M9
MARCH 7, 2019 - Malmstrom security forces defenders are integrating the new M18 modular handgun system as part of the Reconstitute Defenders Initiative, which aims to modernize weapons systems and increase warfighter lethality. The M18 phases out the M9, which has been in use for more than 30 years. The new design boasts improved ergonomics, target acquisition, … [Read more...]
EUCOM Commander Tells Senate to Send More Boats
MARCH 6, 2019 - More maritime power, including surface vessels and anti-submarine capability, are needed in Europe to counter threats there, the commander of U.S. European Command told the Senate Armed Services Committee at a hearing here today. “As you know ... we’re looking at an evolving and modernizing Russian fleet,” Army Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti told the committee. … [Read more...]