Army
By Dan Parsons
@sharkparsons
The Navy’s new 30-year shipbuilding plan sketches a faster plan to 355 ships, but caps it at that level going forward due to the increasing sustainment costs. In the “Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for Fiscal Year 2020,” the Navy procures 55 ...
Army By Dan Parsons
The SB-1 Defiant coaxial compound helicopter prototype, built by a Sikorsky [LMT]-Boeing [BA] team, broke contact with the ground on March 21 for the first time. Neither company released much information about the flight, although a video of the event at Sikorsky's West Palm Beach, Florida, ...
The Navy’s new 30-year shipbuilding plan sketches a faster plan to 355 ships, but caps it at that level going forward due to the increasing sustainment costs. In the “Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for Fiscal Year 2020,” the Navy procures 55 ...
AM General has received an $89 million deal to deliver 739 new Humvees to the Army National Guard, the company said Thursday. The latest deal is its second M1152A1 Humvee order in the last five months and arrives as the Army is adjusting its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and tactical wheeled vehicle ...
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said the service will award the construction contract this spring for the first new heavy icebreaker in more than 40 years. The Coast Guard eventually plans to acquire at least three Polar Security Cutters (PSC) as part of its requirement for six new ...
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) plans to begin testing two high-power microwave efforts over the next few years as plans to use directed energy weapons to counter drones and cruise missiles ramp up, a senior AFRL official said May 20. The laboratory’s directed energy directorate expects ...
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Boeing [BA] a $4 billion modification for full-rate production and delivery of 78 Block III F/A-18 Super Hornets in a multi-year procurement (MYP) contract. This award is split between 61 F/A-18Es and 17 F/A-18Fs covering fiscal years 2018 – 2021 and ...
Bell [TXT] has entered a partnership with engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce to develop an “optimized propulsion system” for the V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor and V-247 unmanned autonomous tiltrotor prototype. The teaming agreement was announced March 21 and will focus on the integration ...
