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Marines of different nations battled it out in the desert, facing off recently in a five-day campaign that pitted technologically-skilled military forces against one another in a test of high-end conflict. The training exercise at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., wasn’t just about determining the victor. More so, the realistic […]

On Wednesday, Lockheed Martin will attempt to fire a new weapon nearly 500 kilometers.

What Army leaders want out of future battlefield systems is a stable hardware enabled by powerful software that makes it easy to upgrade, integrate accessories and accomplish their tasks.

Utah’s Dugway hosts massive war games involving spy planes, a secret missile and more Army, Air Force, Marines take part in EDGE21 “scrimmage” as the military continues to modernize its weapons and tactics. (Courtesy of the U.S. Army) An Army ATV, known as a DAGOR, fires a small drone from a pneumatic tube during EDGE21 training exercises at Utah’s Dugway Proving Ground, held May 3 to May 14, 2021. The drone, used primarily for surveillance, can assist squads in the field.   | May 16,...

Monday, 01 March 2021 10:01 PM   [ Last Update: Monday, 01 March 2021 10:36 PM ] US Army soldiers in the desert near Al-Assad Air Base watch an Iranian ballistic missile, the white circle seen at the top, fall toward the base in January 2020. (Via CBS News) The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has declassified the aerial surveillance footage of Al-Assad Air Base in Iraq during Iran’s 2020 ballistic missile attacks on that facility in re...

Share This: Photos: Wassim Nasr France24 The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), has released a statement saying that one of its armed MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones, carrying a Hellfire missile, malfunctioned over Niger, Africa. The drone made an emergency landing near Agadez, Niger, on Saturday according to a military spokesman. This is the second mishap in the U.S. drone fleet in Niger in the past year. In February 2020, an MQ-1C Gray Eagle had crashed after a mechanical malfunction.  AFRICOM...