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The provision of DSCA is codified in Department of Defense Directive 3025.18. [1] This directive defines DSCA as: Support provided by U.S. Federal military forces, DoD civilians, DoD contract personnel, DoD Component assets, and National Guard forces (when the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Governors of the affected States, elects and requests to use those forces in title 10, U ...
November 23, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2013; Joint Publication 1 – Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States (PDF). Joint Publications. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Defense. March 25, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2011.
The AH-58D was an OH-58D version operated by Task Force 118 (4th Squadron, 17th Cavalry) and modified with armament in support of Operation Prime Chance. The weapons and fire control systems would become the basis for the Kiowa Warrior. AH-58D is not an official DOD aircraft designation, but is used by the Army in reference to these aircraft.
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, [2] USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.
In November 2014, the U.S. Air Force began the development of a version of the SDB I intended to track and attack sources of electronic warfare jamming directed to disrupt the munitions' guidance. The home-on-GPS jam (HOG-J) seeker works similar to the AGM-88 HARM to follow the source of a radio-frequency jammer to destroy it.
After the U.S. DoD approved low-rate initial production of the new variant, [11] manufacturing began in 2006, [12] with the first of 22 new UH-60Ms delivered in July 2006. [13] After an initial operational evaluation, the Army approved full-rate production and a five-year contract for 1,227 helicopters in December 2007. [ 14 ]
The DoD released a request for proposal (RfP) for the TD phase of the JLTV program in February 2008. [16] In October 2008, the Pentagon narrowed the field of vendors to respondents Lockheed Martin, General Tactical Vehicles and BAE Systems/Navistar. Each team was awarded contracts worth between $35.9 million and $45 million to begin the next ...
NASAMS 2 is an upgraded version of the system capable of using Link 16, which has been operational since 2007. As of 2022 [update] , NASAMS 3 is the latest upgrade. Deployed in 2019, it adds capability to fire AIM-9X Sidewinder , and AMRAAM-ER missiles, and introduces mobile air-liftable launchers.