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Doctor received U.S. Army’s rarest badge, the astronaut device

Posted on May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 by alert5

Col. Andrew R. “Drew” Morgan received his astronaut device from Lt. Gen. Daniel L. Karbler, commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, during a May 5 ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

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Japan’s Defense Minister inspects missile units at Amami Ōshima

Posted on May 6, 2021 by alert5

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FLRAA final request for proposal to be release this summer

Posted on May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 by alert5

The project manager for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft(FLRAA) says the final request for proposal is to be released this summer.

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Former USMC V-22 test pilot says Army should select Defiant-X

Posted on May 1, 2021May 1, 2021 by alert5

A former U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) V-22 test pilot has urged the U.S. Army select the Defiant-X as its next helicopter instead of the V-280.

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M-SHORAD being deployed to Europe

Posted on April 25, 2021April 24, 2021 by alert5

The Mobile Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) system is to be deployed to Europe by the U.S. Army.

The 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (5-4 ADA), 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, is the first unit in the Army to receive the Mobile Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) system. The M-SHORAD integrates existing guns, missiles, rockets and sensors onto a Stryker A1 vehicle. The system is designed to defend maneuvering forces against unmanned aircraft systems, rotary-wing and residual fixed-wing threats.

Photo by Capt. Jordan Allen
10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command
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