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Army Light Infantry, Stryker and Armored Forces Are Getting This Advanced Comms Gear A forward observer with the 82nd Airborne uses AN/PRC 148 2-channel Leader radio to transmit position location information obtained from the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) during a live fires exercise at Camp Atterbury, Indiana in January 2019 (U.S. Army/Justin Eimers) 7 May 2021 U.S. Army modernization officials are pushing forward with a plan to outfit light infantry, Stryker and armored combat brigades with advanced radios and communications kits designed to speed decision-making even under sophistica...

Indonesian Leader Says Country Doesn't Want Famous US Coast Guard Cutter: Report USCGC ADAK was originally stationed out of Highlands, NJ and has played a key role in Maritime Security and Maritime Infrastructure Protection operations. (U.S. Coast Guard) 6 May 2021 Editor's note: This story has been updated to include comments from the State Department. A Coast Guard cutter that famously helped evacuate 500,000 people during the 2001 terror attacks in New York might not be sold to Indonesia as planned. Aan Kurnia, head of the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency, told CNN he's not interested ...

A British Space Force? 'Never Say Never,' Says UK General Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston is pictured during a service to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain at Westminster Abbey on September 20, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Aaron Chown/WPA Pool/Getty Images) 6 May 2021 As countries around the world expand their military space efforts, one of the U.S.'s closest allies wants to develop deeper cooperation on the final frontier -- and hasn't ruled out creating a "Space Force" of its own someday. "Never say never," said Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, chief of the Air Staff...

Cars approach the gate at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. (U.S. Army photo) 6 May 2021 An Army trainee was arrested Thursday morning in South Carolina after allegedly hijacking a school bus with 18 students onboard. Law enforcement officials say he'll now face multiple kidnapping charges. The trainee, armed with a rifle and dressed in physical training gear, allegedly boarded a school bus that was headed to Forest Lake Elementary in Columbia, South Carolina, after fleeing Fort Jackson, a nearby basic training base, at about 7 a.m. The trainee told the bus driver he didn't want to hurt him, but ...