U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) conduct a forward arming and refueling point during Weapons Tactics and Instructor (WTI) course 2-23 at Landing Zone Bull Attack, near Chocolate Mountains, California, on March 27, 2023. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized…
A Safety Operator from the University of Washington monitors a RACER Fleet Vehicle as it autonomously traverses a course during Experiment 1 at Fort Irwin. 09.16.2022 Video by Tom Shortridge DARPA
U.S Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Battalion Landing Team 1/6, conduct Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 30, 2023. MOUT training increases the lethality of the MEU’s infantrymen through live-fire drills, room clearing procedures and small team…
Capt. Eric Helgen, commodore, Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA), Lt. j.g. Matthew Carmine, executive officer, Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris, Senior Chief William Moody, Maritime Engagement Team, and Seaman Laura Rose, crewmember, USCGC Glenn Harris, discuss the Coast Guard's mission and their experiences in the Kingdom of Bahrain,…
U.S. Central Command and the Saudi Armed Forces conduct a multilateral exercise between the nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). This exercise is designed to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to GCC partners, and regional security and stability. Eagle Resolve 23 (ER23) is conducted bi-annually with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)…
U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker with 351st Air Refueling Squadron, 100th Air Refueling Wing, offloads 53 thousand gallons of fuel to a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress during a Bomber Task Force mission in the United States Africa Command Area of Operations on March 14, 2023. Bomber Task Force missions…
By Robbin Laird MARTAC has been working on autonomous maritime systems for more than a decade. They have worked from the beginning on USVs that worked together rather than simply being lone wolf systems; they operate as wolfpacks. In the past decade, they developed two workhorse USVs and have taken…
Multiple squadrons across Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma worked together to successfully execute a large force exercise March 24, 2023. 20 aircraft were launched including seven KC-135 Stratotankers, eight C-17 Globemaster IIIs and five KC-46 Pegasus’. During the exercise the 97th Medical Group conducted patient loading and tactical combat casualty…