02 December 2014 US Army Labs Test DARPA's Load-Lightening Exosuits The futuristic exosuits being tested by US Army researchers won't helpsoldiers outrun locomotives, and it'll still take more than a single bound toclear a tall building.But a final prototype of the device, which could cut a wearer's exertionlevel by 25 percent when carrying a 100-pound load and...
01 December 2014 Japan's Forces Going Amphibious, but No Decision on the Vehicles Yet Japan plans to buy 52 amphibious vehicles through 2018 but hasn’t yet decided on a model, a Defense Ministry official said Monday. Japan is working on assembling a Marines-like unit within its Self-Defense Forces, amid concerns over Chinese claims of the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the...
01 December 2014 Program Turns Old Fighters Into Unmanned Targets Not a lot of people crash three planes in a day and call it a job well done.Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew Garrison does.Garrison heads up the only squadron in the Air Force that takes retired planes from the bone yard — essentially a junkyard for planes — and resurrects them as aerial targets used for...
01 December 2014 Hawaii Cavalry Soldiers Prepares for Korea Deployment The Soldiers assigned to 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, vigorously trained day and night here, in a brigade-wide field training exercise to validate 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, as they prepare for an operational deployment to Korea. The focus of this combined training...
01 December 2014 Fort Sill Soldiers, Singaporean Armed Forces Train Together Throughout the past two weeks, Fort Sill has been alive with the sounds of helicopters and artillery as battalions from the 214th Fires Brigade and 75th Field Artillery Brigade hosted the Singapore armed forces, during Operation Daring Warrior. Over 300 Singaporean soldiers and airmen trained...