NASA conducted the latest successful test of the Orion spacecraft’s parachute system on March 8 in the skies above the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The test was designed to evaluate the parachutes’ performance in an emergency abort situation that would require Orion to be jettisoned from the agency’s Space Launch System rocket during a launch.
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Russia-US ties hard to mend, interests differ sharply
U.S. Army soldiers hold an American flag as they attend the official welcoming ceremony of the U.S. troops in Zagan, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. The ceremony comes 23 years after the last Soviet troops left Poland and also marks a new historic moment – the first time any Western forces are being deployed on a continuous basis to NATO’s eastern flank.
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The top 10 Army modernization efforts of 2016
The Improved Turbine Engine Program will eventually replace the existing General Electric T700-GE-701C/D engines that now power AH-64 Apache like this one and UH-60 Black Hawk aircraft. The right technology can ensure overmatch against future adversaries in an increasingly complex and dangerous world, where the threat is often “elusive and ambiguous,” according to Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen.
Air Force Test Center
In 2012, Air Force Materiel Command redesignated the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., as the Air Force Test Center. As the AFTC, the center assumed responsibility for the 412th Test Wing at Edwards, the 96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and the Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold AFB, Tenn.
Air Force photograph by Kenji Thuloweit
Plant 42 has been around for a long time. At its birth the plant was owned and operated by the U.S. Army, it was used by the Army and the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
Orbital ATK completes Zombie Pathfinder target test for U.S. Army
Orbital ATK completed its first demonstration for its next-generation Zombie Pathfinder short-range ballistic missile target for the U.S. Army. Zombie Pathfinder targets are designed to represent a different class of threats, allowing the U.S. Army and other partners to test a variety of weapons.