El Jefe de Logística de las Fuerzas Armadas de los Estados Unidos está pidiendo la compra de 10 barcos de carga usados para reforzar la flota envejecida que apoya las operaciones militares estadounidenses en el extranjero. El general de la Fuerza Aérea Randall Reed, comandante del Comando de...
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Pentagon wants to buy 10 cargo ships to bolster aging logistics fleet
The head of logistics for the United States’ armed forces is calling for the purchase of 10 used cargo ships to bolster the aging fleet that supports American military operations overseas.
Air Force Gen. Randall Reed, Commander of United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), made the request in a prepared statement at a hearing Thursday of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He expressed concern about the advanced age and declining readiness of the Ready Reserve Force, which is critical...
How US military equipment for Ukraine is shipped across Atlantic
America has committed a massive sum — $43.7 billion and rising — toward military equipment for Ukraine. Simultaneously, the U.S. and NATO have ramped up their joint exercise, Operation Atlantic Resolve, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
For heavy military equipment that’s being transported across the Atlantic, ocean shipping plays a central role, led by one company in particular: U.S.-flag operator American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier (ARC).
According to Chris Heibel, ARC’s head of...
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Understanding Mars helps rocket cargo on Earth, military official says
Development of spaceships that can operate in the Mars environment is providing lessons for scientists exploring rockets that could deliver cargo across the Earth in an hour, the new head of U.S. Transportation Command recently said.
USTRANSCOM is responsible for surface, maritime and air delivery of equipment and supplies for warfighters using a mix of military assets and industry partners. Rapid advances in technological capabilities are now spurring the military to investigate space...
Texas household goods moving company, military contractor files Chapter 7
A Texas transportation company and its affiliates that contracted with the federal government to move and store household goods for military service members and their families has ceased operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Alliance Transportation Services, Five Star Warehouses and Lone Star Relocation Services, all headquartered in San Antonio, filed its petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas on Tuesday.
The Alliance Transportation Services website states...
US hires cargo airline for international transport of vaccine supplies
Air Transport International, the contract air cargo carrier that operates aircraft for customers such as Amazon Air and DHL Express, has received a $7.7 million order for transportation services in support of the national vaccine campaign known as Operation Warp Speed.
ATI will transport kitting materials — alcohol swabs, syringes, needles, saline solution, personal protective equipment — to multiple destinations through early March, Defense officials said in response to FreightWaves’ queries.
The...
Space companies could join US Civil Reserve Air Fleet
The U.S. military’s top transportation commander said he envisions folding any terrestrial cargo service delivered by rocket ships into its Civil Reserve Air Fleet program that funnels business to carriers providing standby airlift during times of national emergency.
“We are thinking about this in a very similar model to CRAF, where you have a commercial partner that presents capability to the Department of Defense,” U.S. Army Gen. Stephen R. Lyons, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, said...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/space-companies-could-join-us-civil-reserve-air-fleet
Military, SpaceX studying rockets to move cargo around the world
The U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has partnered with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and two Texas-based companies to develop the potential use of rockets to rapidly deliver cargo around the world.
The aim is to use commercial space rockets, including SpaceX’s Starship, to move cargo 10 times faster, U.S. Army Gen. Stephen R. Lyons, commander of USTRANSCOM, said during the National Defense Transportation Association’s fall meeting on Oct. 7.
“Think about moving the equivalent of a C-17 payload...
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