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Dan Parsons
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ArmyArmy Will Outfit Vehicles With Commercial Anti-Missile Systems Before Development Program Fields
Existing active protection systems (APS) are sufficiently mature to provide Army vehicle with defense against rocket propelled grenades, anti-tank missile and other threats until a tailor-made system can be developed, […]
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ArmyArmy Chief Advocates ‘Intimate’ Role For Service Leaders In Acquisition Process
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has long favored giving the service chiefs an “intimate” role in acquisition programs and plans to lay that opinion out for the Senate […]
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Army Chief Sees Commercial Tech Providing Revolutionary Weapons By 2025
Technologies that will fundamentally change the nature of war are already under development and finding application in the commercial world, but the Army is stuck fighting with the equipment it […]
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ArmyArmy Fast Tracking Active Protection Systems For Stryker, Abrams In Europe
The Army has an urgent operational need to equip armored vehicles in Europe with active protection systems (APS) and is actively searching for ways to fund the effort. “This is […]
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ArmyArmy Eyeing Large Vertical Lift Unmanned Aircraft To Eliminate Dependence On Runways
The Army’s wants a Predator-size unmanned aerial system that can take off and land like a helicopter, untethering its drone operations from runways and airfields, aviation officials said Jan. 14. […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Ready For Full-Rate Production Of Marines’ New Landing Craft Air Cushion
Textron [TXT] hopes to begin full-rate production of the Marine Corps’ new landing-craft air cushion (LCAC) and begin testing the first ship-to-shore connector (SSC) before the end of the year. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Establishing Baseline Hardware, Software Architectures For Rapid Ship Modernization
Establishing common baseline hardware and software architectures across the Navy’s surface fleet will be key in maintaining dominance of the world’s oceans over the next 30 years, said Rear Adm. […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Wants Off-The-Shelf Smartphones Suitable For Combat
The Marine Corps is seeking a commercially available handheld device suitable for tactical mobile communications that can be purchase in large quantities on relatively short notice. The request for information […]
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ArmySidelined In JLTV Struggle, AM General Quietly Collecting Millions In Humvee Contracts
While Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Oshkosh [OSK] trade punches in federal court over the right to build the next-generation Humvee, incumbent manufacturer AM General has rebounded from its loss in […]
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Sidelined In JLTV Struggle, AM General Quietly Collecting Millions In Humvee Contracts
While Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Oshkosh [OSK] trade punches in federal court over the right to build the next-generation Humvee, incumbent manufacturer AM General has rebounded from its loss in […]