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Dan Parsons
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UncategorizedNorthrop, DARPA Launching Open Architecture Drone Swarm
Northrop Grumman [NOC] is launching an open-architecture swarm of small drones and is inviting third-party participants to test small-unit tactics with the platform designed to rapidly develop technologies through “swarm […]
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ArmyLeonardo Drops Lakota Lawsuit, Clearing Way For Airbus Army Sale
Following a loss in court on a related case and a scathing rebuke from a competing aircraft manufacturer, Leonardo Helicopters has decided to withdraw a lawsuit challenging the Army’s purchase […]
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ArmyArmy Could Curtail Some Overseas Missions To Patch Readiness Holes
To fulfill all of the Army’s global responsibilities, soldiers typically spend as much time deployed as they do at home between missions, inspiring service leaders to see which missions might […]
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ArmyArmy Expects Quick Modernization Wins Through Rapid Prototyping
Now funded and fully operational, the Army expects some quick wins from the teams it set up to tackle its most pressing modernization priorities, though some technical nuts will be […]
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ArmyArmy Again Needs Logistics Capability It Had, But Withdrew From Afghanistan
With a renewed and increasing troop presence in Afghanistan, the Army is having to reestablish logistics support capabilities it once had to supply distributed soldiers with fuel, food, ammunition and […]
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UncategorizedAirbus President Accuses Leonardo Of Treachery For Again Suing Over Helicopter Contract
Following two years of litigation that concluded and then produced a fresh lawsuit the week of Jan. 21, UH-72 Lakota manufacturer Airbus is accusing Leonardo DRS of using the courts to hold contracts hostage […]
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Army Wants New Combat Vehicles, Helicopters ‘Substantially’ Sooner Than Originally Planned
The Army’s number-two civilian, who is overseeing a massive restructuring of the service’s weapons development and acquisition process, wants to push up prototyping and experimentation of new combat vehicles and […]
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ArmyArmy To Equip Three Tank Brigades With Trophy Missile Shields
The Army’s fiscal 2019 budget request includes funding to equip three Armored Brigade Combat Teams worth of Abrams tanks with Trophy active protection systems (APS) capable of knocking down enemy […]
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ArmyAviation Pays For Ground Combat Vehicles And Munitions As Army Preps For High-End War
Ground combat systems have overtaken aviation as the most expensive Army procurement portfolio, mainly to reinforce a return to fighting high-end decisive conflict in Europe and elsewhere. Aviation procurement took […]
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Army$9.5 Billion Army Budget Hike Funds Endstrength, Modernization In FY19
The Army’s fiscal 2019 budget request provides a nearly $10 billion boost in funding aimed at growing the force while providing more for daily operations, procurement and modernization. At $148.4 […]