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Army

Army Awards Initial Work Toward Future Vertical Lift

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, October 4th, 2013

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The Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) yesterday said AVX Aircraft Company, Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. [TXT], Karem Aircraft Inc., and Sikorsky Aircraft Co. [UTX] were each awarded Technology Investment Agreements under a Broad Agency Announcement for a Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Technology Demonstrator (TD) Phase 1. The Army was unable to immediately provide the value of the agreements and team investment. For the next nine months, the four industry teams will be refining their initial designs and making…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]