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Army Poised to Advance Cross-Domain Capabilities with State-of-the-Art Hangar

The U.S. Army celebrated a ribbon cutting for a new research and development aircraft hangar at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 10. The U.S. Armyโ€s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, or CERDEC, moved its Flight Activity or CFA, from a 74-year-old WWII hangar into a modern facility. This multimillion dollar facility is an Army

What to Know About the GBU-43/B, โ€˜Mother of All Bombsโ€™

The โ€œMother of All Bombs,โ€ the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, is the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in Americaโ€™s arsenal, and it was used for the first time in combat on April 13 in Afghanistan against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. If youโ€™ve never heard of this bomb, youโ€™re likely not alone. โ€ฆ

How to Land a Drone on a Manned Airplane: DARPAโ€™s โ€˜Gremlinsโ€™

This time, General Atomicsโ€™ secret weapon isnโ€™t the drone. Itโ€™s the mechanical arm that catches it in mid-flight โ€” and then hauls it into the back of a C-130 cargo plane, also in mid-flight. General Atomics, which builds the iconic Predator, has rolled out its offering for DARPAโ€™s Gremlins program, blandly called the Small Unmanned