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Two United States Marine Rotational Force – Darwin MV-22 Osprey take off during Exercise Koolendong at Mount Bundey Training Area. Photo by Private Nicole Dorrett.
ADF Australian MRF-D News Overseas USA 

Marine Rotational Force – Darwin postponed

30/03/202021/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2739 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 2020 has been cancelled – or at best postponed – because of the ongoing restrictions associated with COVID-19.

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The Coyote® Block 2 counter-drone weapon and KuRFS radar worked together to detect and engage a target in a recent test over the US Army Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. US Army photo.
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Coyote® Block 2 counter-drone weapon cleared for sale

19/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2983 Views 0 Comments

The US has cleared Raytheon to sell its Coyote® Block 2 counter-drone weapon to approved allied nations as part of the Howler counter-drone system.

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A US Marine Corps gate sentry demonstrates how sentries at entry control points will limit physical contact in the fight against COVID-19. US Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Taylor Smith.
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US military bans all domestic travel

14/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2942 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

The US Department of Defence has issued a total domestic travel ban for all military personnel, their families and civilian employees.

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An RAAF F-35A at RAAF Base Williamtown. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology USA 

500th JSF delivered – 250,000 hrs flown

05/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1982 Views 0 Comments F-35 Lightning

Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office delivered the 500th F-35 this week – while the world F-35 fleet has surpassed 250,000 flight hours.

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One of the first two Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning Joint Strike Fighters flies overhead RAAF Base Williamtown on delivery day. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian Europe News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology USA 

Aus/UK open splinter F-35 Reprogramming Laboratory

25/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4043 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II

Australia and the UK have officially opened an Australian and United Kingdom F-35 Reprogramming Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

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Non-related Northrop Grumman satellite. Video screen-grab.
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Northrop Grumman developing Space Force protected SATCOMs

25/02/202025/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2257 Views 0 Comments

Northrop Grumman has been selected by the US Space Force to develop a Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS) rapid prototype payload for on-orbit demonstration.

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Excalibur impact during Australian trials 2013. Photo by Major Mike Hartas.
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Excalibur upgrade hits moving targets

06/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3299 Views 0 Comments Excalibur

Raytheon’s new Excalibur S precision-guided artillery munition scored direct hits on moving targets during recent US Navy tests.

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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.
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RAAF fetches fresh fire retardant from the USA

19/01/202019/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3205 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.
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Raytheon advancing machine-learning

17/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1966 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.
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Northrop Grumman tests sonar on unmanned mine hunter

07/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2347 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.
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Operation Christmas Drop all bundled up in Guam

08/12/201908/12/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2942 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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Raytheon unveils laptop-driven-VR soldier training

03/12/201903/12/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2535 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.
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Conan gets ‘medal’ at The White House

26/11/201926/11/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2752 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 3744 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.
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AH-64E Apache LONGBOW now even more potent

13/11/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4488 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 3214 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.
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F-35 price reductions locked in ahead of schedule

30/10/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2954 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.
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Anti-drone laser dune buggy to be deployed

23/10/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3174 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.
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Kongsberg CROWS about US Army purchase

01/10/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4608 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
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Raytheon and Rheinmetall to build Lynx in USA

01/10/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3047 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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