BERLIN, March 14 (Reuters) - Germany will purchase F-35 fighter jets built by U.S. firm Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) to replace its ageing Tornado aircraft, according to two government sources, with one of the sources saying Berlin aims to buy up to 35 of the stealth jets....
In August 2021, engineers from Lockheed and the U.S. Army demonstrated a flying 5G network, with base stations installed on multicopters, at the U.S. Army's Ground Vehicle Systems Center, in Michigan. Driverless military vehicles followed a human-driven truck...
T-64BV variant. Credit Wikimedia Comparing one tank to another is futile if the two may never meet in battle. If President Putin, however, decides to invade Ukraine, there’s little doubt both sides will deploy tanks. Ukraine has been receiving military aid from the US...
Illustration: US Army file photo of a THAAD system being offloaded in Israel for Dynamic Force Employment exercise The US Army is moving a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) remote launch package from Guam to Rota, Spain, a service announcement said. The 94th...
Finland and the Netherlands have agreed to transfer most of the remaining stock of Dutch Leopard 2A6 Main Battle Tanks (MBT) to Finland over a period of four years, for amount around €200 million. Defence Minister Carl Haglund has approved the acquisition of...
In this photo provided by Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense, Norwegian military vehicles move off trailers as they arrive at an airport in Kaunas, Lithuania, on Feb. 27. (AP) By Sara Bjerg Moller Today at 12:21 p.m. EST Following last week’s announcement by...
Friday, Feb 4 The Biden administration has approved the sale of 16 F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to Jordan. Here, Jordanian and U.S. F-16s wait on the flightline at Misawa Air Base, Japan, during a 2014 exercise. (Staff Sgt. Tyler McLain/Air Force) The Biden...
DARPA flies a Black Hawk helicopter without a pilot for 30 minutes The Black Hawk is kitted out with Sikorsky Matrix autonomous flying technology. DARPA's ALIAS program was used to fly the helicopter autonomously. DARPA The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...
The use of artificial intelligence in military applications is undeniably growing. While many systems are at an experimental stage, the technology is maturing rapidly. At the end of 2021, NATO officially implemented its first artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. The...
M1 Abrams are the only active main battle tanks of the US Army Via: Sgt. Christopher McCullough Main battle tanks are key military weapons as they provide direct fire and durability on the battlefield. Today, it's common to see military units that consist of main...