:

Army

Army Awards $12.7 Billion Manpack Radio Contracts To Three Companies

Friday, February 26th, 2016

SHARE:

Army Awards $12.7 Billion Manpack Radio Contracts To Three Companies

L3Harris' AN/PRC-158 Multi-channel Manpack Radio

The $12.7 billion contract to build two-channel HMS Manpack radios for the Army was split Friday among Harris Corp. [HRS], General Dynamics C4 Systems [GD] and Rockwell Collins [COL], the Army said late Friday.The three companies will share the maximum $12.7 billion in indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts to build Manpack radios, the second of three elements of the Army’s Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS). The companies were the only ones to submit proposals for the program.Each manufacturer will deliver…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]