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A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster approaches RAAF Base Richmond carrying fire retardant donated by the United States to assist with fighting bushfires. RAAF photo.
Australian News Operations Overseas Royal Australian Air Force USA 

RAAF fetches fresh fire retardant from the USA

19/01/202019/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3016 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Australia’s aerial firefighting retardant supplies have been boosted after the Royal Australian Air Force began ferrying new supplies from the USA.

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A rescue swimmer is hoisted from an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter during a training evolution near Newport, Oregon. US Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Wyatt Keller – digitally altered by CONTACT.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

Raytheon advancing machine-learning

17/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1811 Views 0 Comments

Raytheon is developing a machine-learning technology under a $6 million contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for

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An AQS-24B minehunter being deployed from the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessel. Northrop Grumman photo.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

Northrop Grumman tests sonar on unmanned mine hunter

07/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2123 Views 0 Comments

Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24 mine-hunting sonar recently completed initial in-water testing of a next-generation deploy-and-retrieval (D&R) payload from a mine countermeasures

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Service members and volunteers who helped build air-drop supply bundles at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, for Operation Christmas Drop 2019. US Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Kyle Johnson.
Asia Australian New Zealand News Overseas Pacific Royal Australian Air Force USA 

Operation Christmas Drop all bundled up in Guam

08/12/201908/12/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2744 Views 0 Comments

Service members from the U.S. Air Force, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jietai), Royal Australian Air Force, Royal New Zealand

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News Science & Technology USA 

Raytheon unveils laptop-driven-VR soldier training

03/12/201903/12/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2353 Views 1 Comment

Raytheon unveiled a new immersive military training product today at I/ITSEC, the world’s largest modelling, simulation and training event. Raytheon

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President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and First Lady Melania Trump present Conan to the media outside the White House, while the dog's special-forces handlers maintain their anonymity by staying in the Oval Office. White House photo.
Middle East News Operations Overseas USA 

Conan gets ‘medal’ at The White House

26/11/201926/11/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2503 Views 0 Comments

Conan, the military working dog wounded in a US special forces raid in which ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was

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HMAS Sheean leads MV Mega Bakti and MV Besant to out of Fleet Base West for sea-phase elements of Exercise Pacific Reach 2019. Photo by Petty Officer James Whittle.
Asia Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Navy USA 

Multi-national submarine-rescue exercise wraps up in WA

18/11/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3481 Views 0 Comments

A major international submarine search and rescue exercise has concluded off the coast of Western Australia. Exercise Pacific Reach 2019,

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AH-64E Apache fitted with AN/APG-78 LONGBOW fire-control radar – doubled its range without any hardware changes. Photo supplied.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

AH-64E Apache LONGBOW now even more potent

13/11/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4081 Views 2 Comments

LONGBOW LLC, a joint venture of Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin, has announced the successful completion of the US Army’s

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HMAS Brisbane under the Golden Gate Bridge during a port visit to San Francisco, California during her Combat System Qualification Trials.
Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology USA 

Aussie warship demos first-of-kind mission –– again

07/11/201917/11/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2965 Views 0 Comments

Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds announced this week that the Royal Australian Navy and the United States Navy recently conducted

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An F-35A Joint Strike Fighter from No.3 Squadron at RAAF Base Richmond. Photo by Sergeant Christopher Dickson.
News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology USA 

F-35 price reductions locked in ahead of schedule

30/10/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2696 Views 0 Comments

The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin have finalised a $34 billion agreement for the production and delivery of

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Raytheon's 'laser dune buggy' – a high-energy laser weapon system mounted on an MRZR vehicle – will be deployed by the USAF shortly.Raytheon image.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

Anti-drone laser dune buggy to be deployed

23/10/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2936 Views 0 Comments

Raytheon has delivered the first high-energy laser counter-unmanned aerial system to the US Air Force, with the system set to

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A US Army Abrams tank fitted with CROWS Low Profile. US Army photo.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

Kongsberg CROWS about US Army purchase

01/10/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4359 Views 0 Comments

US Army has placed another order with Kongsberg of Norway for more Common Remote Weapon Stations (CROWS). CAPTION: A US

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Lynx by Rheinmetall
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

Raytheon and Rheinmetall to build Lynx in USA

01/10/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2860 Views 0 Comments

Raytheon and Rheinmetall have established a joint venture to offer the Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle for the US Army’s Optionally Manned

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Australian Army soldiers from the Combat Training Centre are joined by Mule (rear) and Ghostrobotics (right) unmanned ground vehicles, as well as a Black Hornet nano UAV in a display of human-machine teaming during Army Demonstration Day at Russel Offices. Photo by Corporal Sebastian Beurich.
ADF Australian News Science & Technology USA 

Millions to develop next-gen autonomous vehicles

19/09/201919/09/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2797 Views 0 Comments

A consortium of four Australian universities will receive $3 million from the government to work with their American counterparts on

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An F-35C Lightning II attached to the “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, completes a flight over Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. US Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon E. Renfroe.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

Precision landing guidance for austere bases

17/09/201917/09/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2306 Views 0 Comments

A Raytheon team recently conducted a rapid-set-up demonstration of a land-based expeditionary version of its Joint Precision Approach and Landing

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News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

Half-sized missile doubles fighter load

17/09/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2930 Views 0 Comments

Raytheon is developing a new medium-range, air-launched weapon called the Peregrine™ missile that is half the size and half the

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Soldiers from the New Caledonian Armed Forces run in an endurance event, with an Australian Army officer as their observer, during Exercise Hydra 2019 at Greenbank Training Area, Queensland, Australia. Photo by Gunner Sagi Biderman.
Australian Australian Army New Zealand News Overseas Pacific USA 

Exercise Hydra tests multiple military heads

12/09/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3719 Views 0 Comments

Soldiers from eight nations are engaging in a military skills competition in Brisbane testing the teamwork, physical stamina and mental rigour

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C-17A Globemaster's from the United States Air Force begin to taxi out for another mission on Exercise Mobility Guardian 17 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Photo by Corporal David Gibbs.
Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force USA 

RAAF deploys on Ex Mobility Guardian

08/09/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2555 Views 0 Comments

By Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren The Royal Australian Air Force has dispatched its two largest aircraft to the United States

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A remote control robot, operated by Australian Engineers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force moves in, to deal with an improvised explosive device, which the Australian troops uncovered during Operation Zamarai Silawel. Photo by Corporal Ricky Fuller.
Australian News Overseas USA 

Study finds soldiers care about robots

08/09/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2220 Views 1 Comment

It is increasingly common to use robots in war zones to examine and disarm hazards or recover objects with the

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Lynx IFV – Rheinmetall Defence photo.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

Raytheon, Rheinmetall expand team for US Army Bradley replacement

14/08/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3404 Views 0 Comments

Raytheon and Rheinmetall Defence are partnering with Detroit company Pratt & Miller Defense for the US Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle competition.

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