More than 10,000 US troops will take part in a wide-scale landing drill in South Korea next week, the usa military said Thursday, days after North Korea test-fired 25 projectiles in apparent protest on the continuing joint exercises. The drill, code-named Ssang Yong (“Twin Dragons”) and billed by local news media as one of the most largest-ever of amphibious landing exercises by both allies, will happen from March 27 through to April 7 at the southeast coast of South Korea. It will involve 7,500 US Marines, 2,000 US Navy personnel, and an undisclosed variety of Australian and South Korean forces,... Read More »
Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, portion of Rostec State Corporation, will bring a powerful line-as much as the Dubai Airshow 2013 on 17-21 November. The airshow, the most important aviation events within the region, is that this year occurring at a brand new location Dubai World Central. The Russian Helicopters display are available at stand 881. Russian Helicopters will demonstrate commercial models currently in production, including the Ka-32A11BC, in addition the recent Mi-171A2, the newest Ka-62 and the modernized Mi-26T2. The corporate and Rosoboronexport will jointly present the army Ka-52 Alligator, the Mi-28NE Night Hunter, the multirole Mi-35M and... Read More »
“We’re at the tipping point of unmanned aerial systems’ ability to deliver capability to the Soldier,” said Col. Thomas von Eschenbach. The unmanned aerial/aircraft system, or UAS, isn’t any longer seen by Soldiers as a brand new system and because the months and years pass, it is going to “not just be utilized by a couple of, but becomes integral to the military fabric and the way it fights and is used and understood,” said Eschenbach, who’s the UAS capability manager for U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. Eschenbach and others spoke today at a media roundtable at Redstone Arsenal,... Read More »