Army
By Matthew Beinart
@mbeinart22
The Army is soliciting industry’s input on potential offerings for its Next Generation Future Truck (NGFT), with a focus on finding a heavy ...
The Army is soliciting industry’s input on potential offerings for its Next Generation Future Truck (NGFT), with a focus on finding a heavy tactical wheeled vehicle platform that will leverage autonomy and new vehicle electrification technologies. The NGFT would replace the Army’s Palletized ...
The State Department approved a potential $23.11 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) with Japan for 105 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft and equipment. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the sale on Thursday. Japan’s sale primarily requests 63 F-35A Conventional ...
The State Department has approved a $620 million deal with Taiwan for recertification of PAC-3 missiles, as well as $163.3 million in Mk 54 lightweight torpedo sales with Germany and Belgium. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the three foreign military sales on ...
General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works [GD] (BIW) president Dirk Lesko announced layoffs and production staying below typical operations due to the continued strike by Local S6 of the Machinists Union. In a July 7 message to employees, Lesko said since the strike began, BIW has taken steps to continue ...
A public-private partnership that develops consensus-based standards for aviation modernization is working toward development of a standard for detecting small drones around airports, which will help buyers and users of drone security systems to know if the detection component will perform as ...
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on Wednesday approved its $694.6 billion fiscal year 2021 defense spending legislation by a voice vote, with the bill next headed for a full-committee mark-up hearing. “This legislation recognizes the complex challenges the members of our Armed ...
The USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) arrived at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) on July 7 for an extended carrier incremental availability maintenance period. The Truman arrived following a seven month-long deployment and will undergo maintenance work alongside the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), which ...
