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Cause of Training Fall That Killed SEAL Commander Brian Bourgeois Under Investigation - NewsBreak

On Saturday, Bourgeois, 43, was injured when he was fast-roping down from a helicopter, Naval Special Warfare Command said Wednesday. He died...

www.newsbreak.com

 

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‘A Poison in the System’: The Epidemic of Military Sexual Assault (Published 2021)

Nearly one in four U.S. servicewomen reports being sexually assaulted in the military. Why has it been so difficult to change the culture?

www.nytimes.com

 

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Blinged up F22

 

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2 new secret combat drones are in the works, Air Force secretary says

The disclosure is the strongest indication yet that the service is banking on autonomous weapon systems to give it an edge in the increasingly fierce military competition with China.

www.politico.com

two more drones in development

 

[morris]

US Special Operations Command has awarded Boeing a $ 213 million contract for the purchase of six MH-47G helicopters and eight sets of equipment.

 

[morris]

US Air Force blows up a target with a cruise missile from a cargo plane

The Air Force wants to make a "bomb bay in a box" to load on cargo planes — and for the first time launched an armed cruise missile in this way.

www.defensenews.com

 

[morris]

A2/AD missile design | Modern weapons

Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed the second flight test of its new Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) missile, demonstrating capabilities that will meet key objectives for the upcoming Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) program. The test was completed utilizing a company-owned Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft as the testbed for the air to surface mission computer and sensors.

 

[Chefjavier]

US Special Operations Command has awarded Boeing a $ 213 million contract for the purchase of six MH-47G helicopters and eight sets of equipment.
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MH-47 is the work hoarse just like the Huey's in Vietnam.

 

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New sixth generation fighter engine ends phase of testing

GE has concluded phase one testing of its second XA100 adaptive cycle engine, a sixth generation fighter engine manufactured as part of the US Air Force’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP).

www.aero-mag.com

Looks like new engine is ready for live testing

 

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First F-35B undergoes airframe strengthening using lasers

Laser shock peening strengthens the aircraft’s frame without adding any additional material or weight, which would reduce its capability by limiting fuel or weapon carrying capacity.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

 

[morris]

At the AIAA SciTech forum held in San Diego, Boeing showed an updated concept of "a reusable hypersonic aircraft with a scramjet engine for military and space (air launch) tasks."

 

[morris]

U.S. Tests The New Super A-10 Warthog Secretly

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In a historic first, aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln deploys under command of female captain

CORONADO — A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is steaming toward the western Pacific on a routine deployment and, for the first time ever, it’s doing so with a female captain …

www.sandiegouniontribune.com

Captain Amy N. Bauernschmidt became the first woman in history to command a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN 72 Abraham Lincoln, sailed on January 3)

 

[morris]

January 12, the destroyer DDG 1002 Lyndon B. Johnson, the third and last ship of the Zumwalt class, completed construction for the US Navy, went to sea from the General Dynamic Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath (Maine).
The destroyer is making a transition to the Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, to complete the installation and activation of a number of electronic systems (on the first two ships of this type, this work was carried out at the San Diego Naval Base, which is believed to have caused a delay in work and now considered a failure).
Lyndon B. Johnson is due to enter the US Navy in 2024.
Photo (c) General Dynamic Bath Iron Works

 

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[morris]

January 12, the destroyer DDG 1002 Lyndon B. Johnson, the third and last ship of the Zumwalt class, completed construction for the US Navy, went to sea from the General Dynamic Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath (Maine).
The destroyer is making a transition to the Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, to complete the installation and activation of a number of electronic systems (on the first two ships of this type, this work was carried out at the San Diego Naval Base, which is believed to have caused a delay in work and now considered a failure).
Lyndon B. Johnson is due to enter the US Navy in 2024.
Photo (c) General Dynamic Bath Iron Works

Another photo.

 

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Not a bad innings.

 

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Is this a copy of the Chinese one?

 

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Google Maps user spots combat aircraft as WW3 fears rise between China and US

A Reddit user discovered an unmanned combat aircraft used by the US Navy in an aerial snap on Google Maps. It comes as tensions rise between China and the US in their row over Taiwan

www.dailystar.co.uk

Small one looks interesting