By RIA Novosti on Thursday, December 5th, 2013

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NOC) Moss Point, Miss., Unmanned Systems Center started production of the primary NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Block 40 Global Hawk aircraft, enhanced to fulfill NATO operational requirements. NATO representatives, state dignitaries, community leaders and Northrop Grumman employees gathered to celebrate the beginning of production for the primary of 5 aircraft. The system will provide NATO with unprecedented near real-time terrestrial and maritime situational awareness information in the course of the full range of NATO military and civil-military missions, including peacekeeping and humanitarian relief operations. The NATO AGS system might be a main contribution to NATO’s joint... Read More »

Soldiers whose eyes are injured during combat have a more robust chance of returning to duty with their vision intact because of some revisions within the Army’s first-aid kit. The rigid eye shield was added as an element to the Army’s “Individual First-Aid Kit II,” which was distributed to the primary Army units within the fall of 2013. When properly worn, the shields can protect a service member’s eye from further damage after an initial eye injury is continued during combat operations. “We’ve learned so much about eye injuries within the field during the last decade,” said Lt. Col. Jeffrey... Read More »

The U.S. Air Force participated within the first Israeli Blue Flag exercise at Uvda Air Force Base, Israel, Nov. 24-28. Blue Flag is the most important multinational aerial warfare keep fit exercise hosted by the Israeli air force. The exercise included forces from the U.S., Israel, Italy, and Greece. Its objectives were to enhance operational capabilities and combat effectiveness of the participating nations, and to foster combined relations, cultural understanding, and combat experience. “It was a superior experience for the greater than 170-person U.S. Air Force team,” said Lt. Col. John Orchard, 492nd Fighter Squadron commander, Royal Air Force Lakenheath,... Read More »

By Editor on Friday, April 11th, 2014