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Lockheed Martin Super Hercules Deliveries Strengthen USAF and USMC Fleets MARIETTA, Ga., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Demonstrating the increase in the C-130J build and delivery rate, Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) simultaneously delivered two C-130Js on Nov. 19 to two different customers -...

HIMARS flies in new direction with 'Hot Panel' program FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Army News Service, Nov. 2, 2009) - Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery (HIMARS) drove their High Mobility Artillery Rocket System out the rear of an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Pope Air Force...

Program Executive Office Soldier Unveils New Equipment WASHINGTON: Two new lightweight machine guns, the Land Warrior System and an improved oxygen device for aviators were among new equipment displayed Tuesday at the Pentagon. Officials from Program Executive Office Soldier met with...

Reserve Command general delivers latest C-17 CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, SC: The commander of the Air Force Reserve Command flew and delivered here Oct. 28 the newest C-17 Globemaster III to come off the production line at Boeing's Long Beach, Calif., plant. Lt. Gen...

Adding Afghanistan troops could cost $500,000 per person Washington (CNN) -- If President Obama decides to send the 40,000 additional forces to Afghanistan as requested by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a rough estimate by the Pentagon projects the cost...

Raven's new digital datalink promises major advance in data transfer AeroVironment's (AV's) RQ-11B Raven, a hand-launched aerial drone that is widely deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, is about to become the first Class I unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to use a digital datalink for...

Where The Flying Death Squad Gets Its Information October 25, 2009: The American flying death squad of Predator and Reaper UAVs over Pakistan and Afghanistan have a target list of about 420 Taliban and drug gang leaders. The CIA handles most of the data collection, and actual hits on the...

Joint US-Georgia military exercises to begin on Monday TBILISI, October 24 (RIA Novosti) - The United States and Georgia will begin military exercises on October 26 in preparation for sending troops to Afghanistan, a foreign liaison officer in the US embassy in Tbilisi said on Saturday...

Pentagon study shows F-35 jet to cost more--report A new Pentagon study has affirmed previous findings that Lockheed Martin Corp's (LMT.N) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, the costliest U.S. arms purchase program, will require billions of dollars more than planned, and more time, an online...

Navy to Commission Energy-Efficient Amphibious Assault Ship Makin Island Navy NewsStand WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy will commission the amphibious assault ship Makin Island Oct. 24, during a 10 a.m. PDT ceremony at North Island Naval Air Station, Coronado, Calif. Makin Island is named...