The Slovenian defense ministry last week received its new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, known popularly as JLTV. The batch of Oshkosh’s newest light tactical vehicles arrived at the Port of Koper on May 11. “Yesterday, new JLTV 4×4 light armored vehicles from Oshkosh arrived at the port of Koper, which Slovenia bought from the United States… The purchase includes 38 JLTV 4×4 light armored vehicles with an integrated M153 Kongsberg remotely operated weapon station,” the Defense Ministry said. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Slovenia awarded the contract for the JLTVs in 2018, the deal was signed by the then […]
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The Slovenian defense ministry last week received its new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, known popularly as JLTV. The batch of Oshkosh’s newest light tactical vehicles arrived at the Port of Koper on May 11. “Yesterday, new JLTV 4×4 light armored vehicles from Oshkosh arrived at the port of Koper, which Slovenia bought from the United States… The purchase includes 38 JLTV 4×4 light armored vehicles with an integrated M153 Kongsberg remotely operated weapon station,” the Defense Ministry said. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Slovenia awarded the contract for the JLTVs in 2018, the deal was signed by the then […]
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. announced that its legendary Skunk Works division with Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Air Force has successfully linked a U-2, five F-35s and an F-22 in air and provided real-time 5th Generation data to operators on the ground, introducing greater mission flexibility across domains and an enhanced total operational picture for the joint warfighter. Named Project Hydra, the latest flight test leveraged an Open Systems Gateway (OSG) payload aboard the U-2 to connect an F-22 to five F-35s via native Intra-Flight Data Link (IFDL) and Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL), successfully sharing data […]
The U.S. Air Force has released an impressive photo of a joint flight of Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptor fighter jet and Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail aircraft during the Pacific Edge 21 exercise. According to a recent service news release, total Force Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam completed a multi-faceted, air-combat exercise April 22, flying more than one hundred sorties alongside partners from the Royal Australian Air Force and other U.S.-based units. The exercise, Pacific Edge 21, was hosted over three weeks to provide cost-effective and realistic training, tailored to equip multi-national warfighters with skills to fly, […]
A Russian MiG-31 (NATO reporting name: Foxhound) fighter jet intercepted a U.S. Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint strategic reconnaissance aircraft over the Pacific Ocean in the Kamchatka region, Russia’s National Defense Control Center reported on Friday. “Russian airspace control systems detected an air target over the territory of the Pacific Ocean approaching Russia’s state border. A MiG-31 fighter was scrambled to identify the air target and prevent it from violating the Russian state border,” the Center said in a statement. According to a recent service news release, a Russian fighter’s crew identified the air target as a U.S. Air Force RC-135W […]
On Saturday, the 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment has announced that U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), together with Hellenic Armed Forces, executed Eddie’s Odyssey, a first of its kind, joint training mission on Velopoula Island and over the Aegean Sea. The unit press release said that Army helicopters were taking part in Eddie’s Odyssey, a first-time exercise meant to enhance the interoperability between U.S. and Hellenic aviation and special operations forces. The exercise, named after Ugly Eddie, the battalion mascot, consisted of U.S. AH-64E Apaches, UH-60M and HH-60M Black Hawk helicopters working […]
On Tuesday, South Korean defense contractor Hanwha has announced that it signed a major agreement with the U.S. military on collaborative research and development of key defense items and technologies. According to a company news release, the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) was signed by the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM AC) and Hanwha’s two defense business affiliates _ Hanwha Corporation and Hanwha Defense. The CRADA is a cooperative mechanism that enables a US Government activity to work with academia, industry, and other non-government entities on research and development. Hanwha is the first Korean company to enter into this […]
Montenegro, a country slightly smaller than Connecticut located in southeastern Europe, has received its first Joint Light Tactical Vehicles. The first five Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) platforms from Oshkosh were officially handed over to Armed Forces of Montenegro during a ceremony on 30 October. The Montenegro Minister of Defense, Predrag Bošković, attended the presentation of the new light armored vehicles Oshkosh with the Ambassador of the United States of America to Montenegro, Judy Rising Reinke, and the Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Montenegro, Major General Dragutin Dakić. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “Vehicles will […]
Joint Statement: US Connection In Nigeria Violence By Pan-African Community Action and Black Alliance for Peace. October 23, 2020 Joint Statement: US Connection In Nigeria Violence2020-10-232020-10-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/bap-e1603485629440.jpg200px200px Washington, D.C.-based Pan-African Community Action (PACA) and the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP)’s U.S. Out of Africa Network (USOAN) issued a joint statement condemning what appears to be illegal police and military violence committed against unarmed, peaceful protesters in Nigeria. PACA and the USOAN assert, however, a U.S. connection to the violence that many are not making. The Nigerian police forces and military have long histories with the United States through the U.S.-led International Police […]
Bahrain has become the fourth Arab nation to formally establish diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv as officials from both states signed a joint communique on the issue during a visit by a high-level US-Israeli delegation to Manama. The development comes after Bahrain and Israel struck a US-brokered deal on normalization of relations in Washington in mid-September. Now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat, and the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin flew to the Bahraini capital at the helm of a high-level joint delegation to finalize the issue. Also on rt.com WATCH: Bahrain, UAE and Israel sign ‘Abraham […]
Some 4.5 billion years ago, our planet was a drastically different place – an uninhabitable world with extremely hot temperatures, toxic air, and pounded with radiation coming from the Sun in the form of flares and coronal mass ejections. Scientists believe everything changed with the formation of the Moon. The Earth and the Moon once had a joint magnetic field that acted as a shield against solar wind particles, says a new study conducted by an international team of scientists led by NASA. For a long time, scientists believed that the Moon didn’t have a long-lasting magnetic field due to the […]
The representative of the US coalition, formed in May this year amid tensions in the ongoing US-China trade war, discussed key issues affecting the progress of the hardware-agnostic telecoms initiative. What is the US Approach to OpenRAN? Diane Rinaldo, OpenRAN Policy Coalition executive director and former acting administrator to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), spoke at the online OpenRAN Forum 2020 on Monday on the role of the new platform. The event, moderated by Sean Kinney, editor-in-chief of RCR Wireless, featured numerous speakers from companies such as Nokia, Ericsson, BT Telecom, Facebook, AT&T, Qualcomm Technologies, Rakuten and many others. […]
Specialty truckmaker Oshkosh Corp on Monday announced that its defense arm has received a Belgium order for more than 300 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles. According to a company statement, the Belgium Ministry of Defence has awarded Oshkosh Defense a contract for 322 Oshkosh Defense Command and Liaison Vehicles (CLV) for the Belgium Defence Forces. As noted by the company, the Belgian CLV is the proven Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) platform from Oshkosh equipped with Belgian communication systems. The JLTV is currently used by the U.S. military. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “Oshkosh Defense is honored that Belgium has […]
Specialty truckmaker Oshkosh Corp on Monday announced that its defense arm has received a Belgium order for more than 300 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles. According to a company statement, the Belgium Ministry of Defence has awarded Oshkosh Defense a contract for 322 Oshkosh Defense Command and Liaison Vehicles (CLV) for the Belgium Defence Forces. As noted by the company, the Belgian CLV is the proven Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) platform from Oshkosh equipped with Belgian communication systems. The JLTV is currently used by the U.S. military. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “Oshkosh Defense is honored that Belgium has […]
The joint venture will see Marathon co-locate a bitcoin mining facility within Beowulf’s Big Horn Data Hub at its 105-megawatt power station in Hardin, Montana. Source link
Senior commanders of the US military have been told to self-isolate and work from home, according to reports, after Admiral Charles Ray of the Coast Guard tested positive for the coronavirus. The rest of the Joint Chiefs have reportedly tested negative so far. Ray, who is vice commandant of the Coast Guard, began feeling ill Friday and tested positive on Monday. The other Joint Chiefs tested negative on Tuesday, but were told to self-isolate and work from home for the next several days. Those in self-quarantine reportedly include Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley, General Charles Brown of the Air […]
The Presidents of Russia, France, and the US have called for an immediate end to the escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh. The leaders chair the OSCE Minsk Group, tasked with ending the Azerbaijan and Armenia conflict. “We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities between the relevant military forces,” read the joint statement from Presidents Vladimir Putin, Emmanuel Macron, and Donald Trump. “We also call on the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to commit without delay to resuming substantive negotiations, in good faith and without preconditions, under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.” Read more The OSCE Minsk Group […]
Seoul has called on its northern neighbor to investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing of a South Korean government official, adding that it will increase security measures in response to the incident. North Korean troops shot and killed a South Korean Oceans and Fisheries Ministry staffer after he floated into disputed waters while apparently trying to defect. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un issued a rare apology over the officials’ death, but Seoul is still seeking answers. President Moon Jae-in said in a statement that he requested that North Korea conduct a full investigation into the matter, and asked Pyongyang to agree […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0c/1080436021_0:65:3104:1811_1200x675_80_0_0_7aa7035812aa598595863d485e4ae831.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009231080548129-french-media-express-joint-support-for-charlie-hebdo-after-cartoon-reprint/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Numerous French newspapers and broadcasters have expressed support for the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, which has faced new threats after republishing the cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, in an open letter advocating the freedom of expression. “Let us recall here, in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo, who paid for the freedom by the blood of his collaborators, that in France the crime of blasphemy does not exist. Some of us are believers and can naturally be shocked by blasphemy. However, they associate themselves unreservedly with our approach. Because in defending the freedom to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107853/49/1078534939_0:126:3072:1854_1200x675_80_0_0_436bcf97988fc14af1d2fccbc0b69747.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009211080521643-joint-russian-turkish-military-training-session-held-in-idlib/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian and Turkish servicemen have held a joint training drill in the de-escalation zone in the Syrian province of Idlib, a spokesperson of the de-escalation zone’s coordination centre told journalists. According to the spokesperson, the main aim of the drill was to practice coordination between Turkish and Russian servicemen in emergency situations, such as an attack on a convoy of militants. “Coordination of military personnel directly involved in patrolling and the procedure for organizing communication on the route using special signals were worked out”, the spokesperson said. On Thursday, a Turkish […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106161/05/1061610571_0:203:3888:2390_1200x675_80_0_0_7bbb2bb47af1206ff34f2d501fc78cee.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202009081080394860-several-nato-countries-organizing-joint-arctic-operation-royal-navy-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A number of NATO states will hold an operation in the Arctic, the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy has announced, saying that the operation aims to help maintain peace in the region. “Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland and RFA Tidespring will work alongside the United States Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ross and the Norwegian Fridtjof-Nansen-class frigate HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl, supported by Danish patrol aircraft,” the Royal Navy said in a statement on Monday. According to the release, participants in the NATO operation, which builds on a previous UK/US operation held in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/07/1080389956_0:155:3072:1883_1200x675_80_0_0_1aae056bb957db3734f8f1bb4acef8e9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009071080389731-russian-and-syrian-foreign-ministers-hold-a-joint-presser-in-damascus/ The Russian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in the Syrian capital of Damascus for talks on the state of affairs in the Syrian Constitutional Committee and the current situation in the Arab country. A live broadcast shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem holding a joint press conference in Damascus. The talks on various topics including the state of affairs in the Syrian Constitutional Committee and the current situation in Syria come after a third meeting of the committee wrapped up on 29 August. This is Lavrov’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008311080332163-saudi-king-dismisses-commander-of-joint-forces-over-suspicion-of-corruption—reports/ Reports say that the Saudi ruler has also relieved the Deputy Governor of Al-Jouf from his post and a number of other officials of the Kingdom’s Defense Ministry amid an investigation into possible acts of corruption. Source link
MOSCOW (Sputnik), Andrei Savenkov – A joint Argentinian-Russian plant designed to produce oil and gas pipes in Siberia is expected to launch production in 2021 and reach full capacity three years later, Argentine Ambassador to Russia Ricardo Lagorio said in an interview. “Tenaris and Severstal will build a welded pipe plant to produce Oil Country Tubular Goods pipe products in Siberia’s Surgut area … The plant will launch production in 2021, but will reach full capacity in 2024,” Lagorio said. The plans to build a welded pipe plant in West Siberia were first announced last year. The project requires an investment […]
Guy Caligiuri, the owner of Patio Pizza in St. James on Long Island, joined Stuart Varney on Thursday to tell how he was a victim of the intolerant leftist mob. A radical leftist woman entered his restaurant last week to pick up an order and was stunned to see a Trump flag in the back of the restaurant. The intolerant and angry woman then promised to make life a living hell for the Trump supporting owner. She launched a Facebook campaign to ruin the restaurant. But Guy told Stuart Varney today that the attempted boycott failed and that locals are supporting […]
An old photo of a French warship was used by Egypt’s Defense Ministry to report on joint drills with France, while an Egyptian corvette was photoshopped into the image, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency said. The statement on the exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, in which Egyptian corvette Tahya Misr and its French counterpart, F713 Aconit participated was posted on the Defense Ministry’s website and social media on Saturday. The joint training with France focused on “cooperation in conducting combat missions on the sea against naval forces of the enemy using live fire.” The drills showed that both Cairo and Paris were […]
…from SouthFront On July 14th and 15th, Syrian Army artillery units and warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted extensive strikes on positions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Turkistan Islamic Party and other radical groups in northern Lattakia and southern Idlib. The main strikes hit fortified positions, weapon depots and gatherings of fighters and equipment near Kbana, Sifouhn, al-Muzarra, Ain al-Aruz, Kansafra, Kafr Uwayd, Mawzrah and Humaymat. According to pro-government sources, over a dozen militants were killed and injured, and 2 weapon depots were destroyed. These strikes came in response to a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack on a joint […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007141079878015-syria-three-russian-soldiers-turkish-troops-injured-in-explosion-during-joint-patrol/ In December 2019, three Russian servicemen were also injured in a blast from an improvised explosive device during a routine patrol in Syria. Russian and Turkish forces are currently carrying out joint patrols along a key highway in the restive Syrian proince of Idlib. Three Russian soldiers were slightly injured during a terror attack in Syria on Wednesday morning, according to the Russian Defence Ministry’s Centre for Syria Reconciliation. An improvised explosive device (IED) went off at around 5:50 a.m. during the 20th joint patrol of Russian and Turkish troops of the M4 highway […]
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders take part in a Democratic primary debate on March 15. After Biden wrapped up the nomination, the two formed so-called unity task forces to formulate policy recommendations on six big issues. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders take part in a Democratic primary debate on March 15. After Biden wrapped up the nomination, the two formed so-called unity task forces to formulate policy recommendations on six big issues. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images A joint effort by former Vice President Joe Biden and […]
Britain, France, and Germany Oppose US Effort to Re-Impose Sanctions Against Iran – Joint Statement Source link
Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) fighters, US Navy E/A-18G Growlers and two US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers linked up over the Sea of Japan on Wednesday to conduct a number of training missions and demonstrate their joint readiness in the Indo-Pacific region. Pacific Air Forces detailed in a June 17 news release that US and Japanese service members were able to conduct a number of realistic, lengthy missions while demonstrating the forces’ “unwavering commitment to the security and stability of the Indo-Pacific region.” The B-52s were observed conducting long-range escort and intercept training with four F-2s and 12 F-15s of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107620/62/1076206264_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_6450dfa8d2b36698a87d365ed08d853c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006151079614113-moscow-cairo-to-hold-joint-air-defense-drills-next-year-russian-military-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia and Egypt will hold joint air defense drills in 2021, the chief of the Russian air defence forces, Lieutenant General Alexander Leonov, said. “Within the framework of our continuing cooperation with specialists from Egypt’s air defence forces, work is being done to organize a joint exercise in 2021 on the territory of the Russian Federation”, Leonov said in an interview with the Natsionalnaya Oborona (National Defence) magazine. The chief of the Russian air defence forces highlighted good communication between Russian and Egyptian servicemen during the 2019 drills, explaining it with […]
Two New York-based crypto companies hope to scoop up growing institutional demand for physical bitcoin. Announced Wednesday, Galaxy Digital’s trading arm and regulated bitcoin futures provider Bakkt said their new service – which has yet to be named – will offer asset managers, and other institutional investors, a new “white-glove” trading and custody solution. As part of the collaboration, Galaxy will provide all the trading services and functionalities, leveraging its existing plugins to thirty different exchange venues. Meanwhile, Bakkt will repurpose part of its Bakkt Warehouse, which it used to facilitate physically-settled bitcoin contracts, as the service’s custody solution. Designed to […]
As President Trump walked through Lafayette Park shortly after police, backed by National Guardsmen, used tear gas and rubber bullets on peaceful protesters, there was a man in uniform accompanying him. He was not just any man and he wore not just any uniform. He was Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the senior-most officer in the U.S. military. He was not wearing his dress black-and-brass service uniform, but instead the camouflage of his combat uniform, as if to underscore that American streets where protesters are angrily demanding an end to institutional police racism are […]
Two major aviation organisations have joined forces to issue a report aimed at restoring business to the ailing travel industry amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has grounded around 95 percent of aircraft worldwide and brought the industry to a standstill, according to recent reports. The Airports Council International (ACI) World and International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced on Tuesday a roadmap to reopen the global aviation sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A layered set of measures across the entire passenger journey would minimise risks of transmission of COVID-19 infections at airports and on aircraft, as well as prevent travel hubs […]
President held a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his national security team at the White House Saturday evening. Neither the subject of the meeting, which was originally set for Camp David, nor the reason for the change of location was disclosed. “President Trump said yesterday he would travel to Camp David this weekend for a “big meeting” with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The trip was canceled but he’ll meet with senior military leadership in Cabinet Room soon. White House didn’t provide a reason for the change of plans.” President Trump said yesterday he would travel to Camp […]