09/25/2014:The guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) launches tomahawk missiles as part of the mission to destroy ISIS. In the final two photos, the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) launches Tomahawk Cruise Missile as seen from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W.…
09/24/2014: The fifth iteration of Valiant Shield came to a close Sept. 23 after nine days of joint air, land and sea interoperability training between the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Army. “Overall, Valiant Shield 2014 was a very successful exercise,” said Rear Adm. Russell Allen, Valiant Shield exercise…
2014-09-25 By Gulshan Luthra New Delhi. Indian scientists successfully maneuvered their Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft into the Martian orbit Sep 24, and created history by doing so in the maiden attempt. The first to congratulate the scientists was Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited the Indian Space Research Organisation…
2014-09-24 According to a piece published by our partner AUVSI, Boeing and Liquid Robotics have signed a Multiyear Agreement for Maritime Defense Solutions. Aviation giant Boeing and unmanned maritime company Liquid Robotics have signed a global multiyear agreement to collaborate on product development, maritime services and operational deployment. [caption id="attachment_70198"…
09/24/2014: According to a story in Jane’s the USN is converting older missiles as part of the strike package against ISIS. Credit: Navy Media Content Services: 9/22/14 The conversion of 500 missiles will run through to the end of January 2017. Although not mentioned in the Department of Defense's (DoD's)…
2014-09-24 The first use of the F-22 in combat has garnished a fair share of attention. But the F-22 is part of an integrated air operation and only the anomalies of a politically motivated Secretary of Defense kept it on the sidelines in Operation Odyssey Dawn. Enter a new Sec…
2014-09-23 The A400M program is an international program with core partners involved from the beginning, notably Turkey and Malaysia. South Africa is involved in the production process but remains to buy the aircraft, but the prospects seem good for them to do so. The extensive areas to be covered for…
09/23/2014: The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a polar icebreaker, on a National Science Foundation-funded research mission rescued a man aboard a 36-foot sailboat trapped in Arctic ice approximately 40 miles northeast of Barrow, Alaska, July 12, 2014. Coast Guard 17th District watchstanders in Juneau were contacted by North Slope Borough…
