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18 December

An Engagement Operations Center (EOC) is seen at a desert landscape at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The center is composed of three trucks and one command station. The center's paint shares the same red-orange hue as the desert landscape. The background is a clear blue sky, dotted with a few thin clouds.

Northrop’s Integrated Battle Command System Passes Live-Fire Test

Northrop Grumman has successfully neutralized low- and high-altitude threats with its command system in live-fire tests conducted in New Mexico.

18 December

Juster Domingo

Mack Defense’s Common Tactical Truck Prototype to Receive BAE Fuel-Saving System

Mack Defense has announced a partnership with BAE Systems to provide fuel-saving solutions for its US Army Common Tactical Truck prototype.

18 December

The guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) steams through the Persian Gulf April 15, 2014. The Arleigh Burke was underway in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/Released)

Rojoef Manuel

HII Lays Keel of US Navy’s 81st Arleigh Burke Destroyer

Ingalls Shipbuilding has laid the keel of the US Navy’s 81st Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the USS George Neal, in Mississippi.

18 December

Joe Saballa

US OKs $300M Tactical Information Systems Support for Taiwan

The US State Department has cleared the Taiwanese government to procure equipment for its tactical information systems.

18 December

Joe Saballa

Lockheed, Four Others Vying for US Air Force Drone Wingmen Competition: Report

The US Air Force has selected five companies for an early stage of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone wingmen competition.

18 December

American soldier shows soldier from the Finnish Army an AT-4 anti-armor weapon

Staff Writer With AFP

US to Gain Access to 15 Military Bases in Finland

Finland will sign a defense agreement giving the United States access to 15 military bases in NATO's newest member, the Finnish defense ministry said.

17 December

North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile

Staff Writer With AFP

N. Korean Missile Test Had Potential Range of Entire US: Japan

A missile test fired by North Korea was an intercontinental ballistic class with a potential range covering all of the US, Japan said.

15 December

Inder Singh Bisht

Insitu Drone Demonstrates Precision Munition Drop

The Boeing Insitu Integrator drone recently demonstrated the dropping of a pair of GPS-guided Shryke munitions.

15 December

Inder Singh Bisht

Extended Range HIMARS Munition Moves Closer to Fielding

Lockheed Martin wrapped up the development trials of the extended-range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, moving it closer to fielding.

15 December

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro displays a map showing an oil-rich region it disputes with Guyana

Staff Writer With AFP

Venezuela, Guyana Agree Not to ‘Use Force’ to Settle Land Dispute

The presidents of Venezuela and Guyana pledged not to resort to force to settle a long-simmering territorial dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo region.

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