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Army Holding Industry Day In March For Next-Gen Squad Weapon Fire Control Capability

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

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Army Holding Industry Day In March For Next-Gen Squad Weapon Fire Control Capability

Army's M249 Squad Automatic Weapon light machine gun

The Army on Thursday announced it will hold an industry day in late March to detail requirements for its Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) fire control capability, with a prototype opportunity notice to drop two weeks before the event. Officials said the industry day will detail the program strategy, anticipated schedule and requirements for the eventual NGSW fire control capability, with the goal of accepting the first prototypes for evaluation in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020. “The NGSW-FC’s…

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Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

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Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

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CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

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Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]