Новости за 03.04.2018

The experimental aircraft is expected to take to the skies in 2021 and will have a top velocity of 1.5 times the speed of sound, Lockheed said Tuesday. While the jet will only have room for a pilot, it will test design principles that soften the sonic boom.

The future USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) successfully completed four days of builder’s trials and returned Saturday afternoon to Bath Iron Works.

The team is suing Benrus, the company that a few years ago was allowed to put its name on two massive clocks atop New Era Field. The lawsuit alleges that the company, known for making watches for members of the military, has failed to pay the Bills nearly $1 million it owed under a sponsorship deal.

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the attack by the anti-Balaka militias took place at a temporary U.N. peacekeeping base in Tagbara, about 60 miles northeast of the central mining town of Bambari.

A team of British divers hopes to raise 6,000 pounds ($8,430) on an all-or-nothing Kickstarter to find the plane and uncover the truth behind the crash.

Army Sgt. Carl Seeman, a 25-year-old cannon crewmember, had returned to Fort Bragg on Tuesday, said Lt. Col. Joe Buccino, a spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division. It was not immediately clear what, if any, punishment Seeman would face for his time missing.

Ingalls Shipbuilding has been awarded a $94 million fixed-price contract to purchase materials in advance of construction of a new National Security Cutter for the U.S. Coast Guard.

If the United States leaves both Syria and Iraq, it will be an incalculable windfall for Iran, a rogue state that Trump claims to hate.

Last year's movie about WWI, also known as Wonder Woman, made $1 billion around the globe, and that's probably not a realistic outcome for "Journey's End."

"Bloody Sunday" resulted in 53 aircraft being shot down and 660 air crew members being killed, including Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William H. Harth Jr. For decades, Harth's remains had been buried, unidentified, in a Belgian cemetery.

The leaders of the three Baltic states are expected to press President Donald Trump on Tuesday for more U.S. military support to defend NATO’s borders with Russia, where some allies are concerned about Moscow’s military advantage.

The family of a young Marine Corps recruit from Winthrop whose body was found last week more than four months after he went missing will say their goodbyes to Joseph “Joey” Brancato with an understated service Tuesday evening.

A Taiwanese exchange student accused of threatening to "shoot up" his Pennsylvania school had more than 1,600 rounds of ammo in his bedroom before police searched the home, authorities said.

Investigators have uncovered evidence of a multibillion-dollar corruption scheme by a Persian Gulf bank that secretly helped Iran evade sanctions for more than a decade, according to documents filed in a legal dispute.

Census officials said the question is being reinstated for the first time since 1950 to help enforce the Voting Rights Act and that there are safeguards in place to prevent any abuse of the information. It is illegal to release information that would identify individuals or families.

The problem started earlier this year after a dispute between Serbia and Kosovo resulted in energy being diverted from the local grid. That triggered a domino effect. Because many radio alarms, oven clocks and devices used to program heating systems keep time with the help of the grid frequency, they were slowed down by several minutes since January.

United Airlines will resume flying servicemembers’ pets off Guam until the end of the month despite a worldwide suspension of its pet shipment service, the carrier announced Tuesday.

Places in Japan & South Korea to celebrate the bloom.

Robby Pepper can answer questions in Italian, English and German. Billed as Italy’s first robot concierge, the humanoid will be deployed all season at a hotel on the popular Lake Garda to help relieve the desk staff of simple, repetitive questions.

Maj. Bradley Kinser, formerly a strategic intelligence research officer for U.S. Army Africa who retired in 2015, and his wife, Leila, were found dead in their home.

A Special Operations squadron of 10 Ospreys was due at the base in western Japan in 2020; however, that schedule has been adjusted and five aircraft will be there later this week, the Air Force said Tuesday.

The Navy's newest Freedom-class littoral combat ship would have arrived in Northeast Florida in January if it weren't for colder-than-normal temperatures that caused the ship to be stuck in ice near Montreal since late in December.

Delivery of the USS Daniel Inouye has slipped more than a year due to a schedule change with the contractor, which means the 510-foot warship won’t arrive in Hawaii until 2020.

Military April Fools' pranks are a time-honored tradition, with pranks recorded during WWI and WWII.

Military April Fool’s pranks are a time-honored tradition, with pranks recorded during WWI and WWII.