Category: Defense TV

defensenews.com – WASHINGTON ― Two Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee are calling on panel leaders to hold a hearing on the Defense Department’s response to COVID-19 and its the role in Operation Warp Sp…

Source: Defense TV, Senate hearing urged on Pentagon vaccine effort

defensenews.com – SEOUL — Research on the long-awaited upgrade of Chinook helicopters flown by the South Korean military shows it would be cheaper to buy new aircraft, according to a local lawmaker. Rep. Min Hong-chul…

Source: Defense TV, South Korean study finds Chinook upgrade more expensive than buying new helos

defensenews.com – WASHINGTON – The U.S. State department is authorizing the sale of 400 anti-ship cruise missiles, along with associated road-mobile launchers, radars and technical support, to Taiwan in a deal worth u…

Source: Defense TV, U.S. State Department to allow sale of hundreds of anti-ship missiles to Taiwan amid diplomatic row

navytimes.com – U.S. Indo-Pacific Command forces teamed up with units from the Japan Self-Defense Force and launched exercise Keen Sword 21 Monday — bringing together approximately 9,000 service members from the U.S…

Source: Defense TV, US, Japan militaries launch Keen Sword 21 exercise

militarytimes.com – Defense health officials are encouraging the hundreds of thousands of military retirees who will have to start paying enrollment fees for their Tricare Select health care coverage as of Jan. 1 to tak…

Source: Defense TV, Here’s what military retirees who are affected by new Tricare Select fees should do now

navytimes.com – NORFOLK, Va. — Elaine Luria and Abigail Spanberger were part of a historic wave of women who helped Democrats retake the U.S. House in 2018. And when they got to Washington, both established themselv…

Source: Defense TV, 2 Democrats with national security experience vie for reelection in Virginia

armytimes.com – SALEM, Ore. — In 2015, Alek Skarlatos and two friends thwarted an attack by a gunman on a Paris-bound train, a dramatic and heroic action that was made into a movie by Clint Eastwood in which the tri…

Source: Defense TV, Paris train attack hero, a former Oregon National Guardsman, makes bid for Congress

defense.gov – Texas A&M University’s Engineering Experiment Station, or TEES, has been awarded a $20 million per year contract to establish and manage a University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics, or UCAH. The …

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Source: Defense TV, DOD Awards Applied Hypersonics Contract to Texas A&M University

airforcetimes.com – The 555th Fighter Squadron and other units from Aviano Air Base in Italy on Friday wrapped up a four-week deployment to Bulgaria to help the nation police its air borders. NATO’s Enhanced Air Policin…

Source: Defense TV, Triple Nickel wraps up Bulgarian air patrolling mission

defensenews.com – WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will have to put off moving the F-35 program to full-rate production due to another delay in starting critical simulation tests. Before the Defense Department’s top weapons …

Source: Defense TV, F-35 to move into full-rate production later than expected