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SM-3’s exoatmospheric kill vehicle collides with its target with the genetic equivalent of a 10-ton truck traveling at 600 mph – negating the need for an explosive warhead. Raytheon image.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

Raytheon send two kill vehicles to take down ICBM

26/03/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3461 Views 0 Comments

US Missile Defense Agency, in partnership with the Boeing-led industry team, tested two Raytheon exoatmospheric kill vehicles (EKV) against a

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Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT™ on its first flight at Sikorsky's West Palm Beach, Florida, facility. Lockheed Martin photo.
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Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT takes off

25/03/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8516 Views 0 Comments

The Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT™ helicopter achieved first flight last Thursday at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach, Florida site and already Lockheed

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A RAAF Number 77 Squadron F/A-18A Hornet taxies for an Exercise Red Flag 19-1 night mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.
Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force USA 

Exercise Red Flag 19-1 ends

16/02/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3543 Views 0 Comments

Members of the Royal Australian Air Force have completed three-weeks of intensive training during Exercise Red Flag Nellis 19-1 in

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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln fires a RIM-162D Sea Sparrow missile from a NATO Sea Sparrow Surface Missile System during combat systems ship qualification trials. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacques-Laurent Jean-Gilles.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

Raytheon fires first-of-type demo for new ship defence

06/02/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3246 Views 0 Comments

Raytheon and the US Navy have successfully completed the first-ever, live-fire test of the latest generation of the Ship Self

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A Royal Australian Air Force Number 77 Squadron F/A-18A Hornet aircraft departs Nellis Air Force Base to participate in an Exercise Red Flag 19-1 mission. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.
Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force USA 

RAAF deploys for Ex Red Flag 19-1

28/01/201910/02/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4291 Views 0 Comments

The Royal Australian Air Force has deployed more than 370 personnel and eight aircraft to participate in the world’s most

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News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

MOHOC tactical live streaming on the battlefield

27/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3774 Views 0 Comments MOHOC

MOHOC – creator of the world’s first military-optimised helmet cameras, launched LASO, a WiFi-based tactical video transmitter to livestream video

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A pair of United States Air Force B-52 bombers fly over Canberra during a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan. Photo by Petty Officer Phil Cullinan.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology USA 

B-52s conclude 2018 bombing runs in Australia

11/12/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3768 Views 0 Comments

The Royal Australian Air Force has completed a training exercise on the eastern Australian coast with two United States Air

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US and New Zealand soldiers listen to a situation briefing at the Joint Readiness Training Centre in Fort Polk, Louisiana. Photo supplied by NZDF.
New Zealand News Overseas USA 

150 Kiwis embed with fully equipped US light infantry brigade

23/11/201823/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3728 Views 0 Comments Fort Polk, Joint Readiness Training Centre, JRTC, RNZIR, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

About 150 New Zealand Defence Force troops have just completed a two-week exercise with 4400 United States Army soldiers in

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HMAS Hobart underway at sea. Photo by Able Seaman Steven Thomson.
Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology USA 

HMAS Hobart cross-links data with US ship in Cooperative Engagement Capability test

07/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3744 Views 0 Comments Cooperative Engagement Capability, HMAS Hobart

In a first for our Australian and US navies, HMAS Hobart has successfully tested a significant new communications capability, proving

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Personnel of the Marine Rotational Force - Darwin prepare to board their flight home from RAAF Darwin, Northern Territory. Photo by Sub Lieutenant Max Logan.
Australian MRF-D News USA 

MRF-D 18 happy to be going home

28/10/201802/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4354 Views 0 Comments Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, MRF-D

The 2018 Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D), consisting of 1587 US Marines, has completed another six months of training

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US Marines fire an M982 Excalibur® from an M777 155mm howitzer during a fire support mission at Fire Base Fiddlers Green, Helmand province, Afghanistan, October 2011. US DoD photo.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA Videos 

Excalibur improved to hit moving targets

10/10/201810/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5092 Views 0 Comments Excalibur

Raytheon and the US Army has completed development of an enhanced Excalibur precision-guided artillery projectile. FILE PHOTO (October 2011): US Marines fire

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US Army soldiers fire a Stinger shoulder-launched air-defence missile. US Army photo.
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Stinger now has proximity fuse

10/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5095 Views 0 Comments Stinger missile

The US Army has completed qualification testing for a new proximity fuze that significantly enhances  Stinger missiles, favoured by armies

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Lynx IFV – Rheinmetall Defence photo.
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Raytheon and Rheinmetall enter Lynx for US Army’s Bradley replacement

09/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8545 Views 0 Comments Bradley fighting vehicle, Lynx infantry fighting vehicle

Raytheon and Rheinmetall have joined forces to compete in the US Army’s requirement for the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle-Optionally Manned Fighting

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Australian Army soldiers from 1RAR fire an 84mm Carl-Gustaf weapon at High Range Training Area near Townsville. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
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Guided 84mm ammo for Carl-Gustaf

06/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4319 Views 0 Comments Carl Gustaf M4

Raytheon and Saab plan to demonstrate a new guided munition for the Carl-Gustaf man-portable, shoulder-launched weapon system under a US

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Two F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters complete vertical landings aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1). US Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Remington Hall
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First F-35 Lightning crash

30/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3055 Views 0 Comments

An F-35B belonging to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501) stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort crashed in the vicinity

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Boeing T-X T-1 and T-2 prototypes designed, developed and flight-tested by a joint team from Boeing and Saab. Boeing photo by John Parker.
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Boeing T-X wins USAF jet-trainer contract

28/09/201828/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2982 Views 0 Comments Boeing T-X jet trainer

The US Air Force has awarded a US$9.2billion contract for jet-fighter training to Boeing, based on its T-X trainer jets

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C-130 Hercules tactical formation flying in Australia. ADF photo.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force USA 

US special forces Hercs flying from Richmond

13/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3672 Views 0 Comments 353rd Special Operations Group, MC-130J Commando II

Communities in regional New South Wales may notice an increase in flying activity in September with a contingent of 110

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Lockheed Martin personnel load one of the first inert GBU-31 guided bombs into an Australian F-35A Joint Strike Fighter. Photo by Larone Thomas.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology USA 

First Aussie F-35 bomb drops

12/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5674 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II, GBU-31v3 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

An Australian F-35A aircraft dropped two inert GBU-31v3 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) weapons for the first time on 20

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HMNZS Te Mana steams across the Pacific during her transit to Exercise RIMPAC 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Christopher Szumlanski.
Asia Australian New Zealand News Overseas Pacific Royal Australian Navy USA 

Te Mana to lead international fleet in Oz

31/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3788 Views 0 Comments

Royal New Zealand Navy frigate Te Mana has been sent to lead a multinational group of ships taking part in

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HMNZS Te Mana fires her 5-inch gun during gunnery competition at RIMPAC. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas USA 

HMNZS Te Mana won naval gunnery competition at RIMPAC

10/08/201818/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4101 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Te Mana, RIMPAC

RNZN frigate HMNZS Te Mana was crowned Naval Surface Fire Support Rodeo champion in Hawaii during Exercise RIMPAC, the world’s

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