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Dan Parsons
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PentagonDefense Budget Request Grows 10 Percent Over Current CR Levels To $716 Billion
At just over $686 billion, the Department of Defense fiscal year 2019 budget request continues the military funding increases promised by the Trump administration in force structure, procurement and investment […]
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ArmyForget Bases: Army’s Futures Command May Flourish In A City
The Army wants to establish its new Futures Command in a technically-savvy city with access to academia, entrepreneurs and its own bases by summer, but will take about a year […]
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ArmyOshkosh Inks $476 Million Deal To Keep Building Army Trucks
With a new, nearly half-billion-dollar contract, Oshkosh Defense [OSK] remains the incumbent manufacturer of the Army’s Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV). The Army on Feb. 7 awarded Oshkosh Defense […]
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ArmyArmy Fast Tracking New, More Powerful, Small Arms
Anticipating the need to fire at long ranges against troops equipped with advanced body armor, the Army is fast-tracking introduction of new small arms that provide better ballistics performance at […]
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ArmyModular, Open Software Key To Fielding Army Ground Robots
Robotic and autonomous systems, deemed necessary for the Army to fight future wars, may be out of its price range unless the service can harness affordably upgradeable, open-architecture systems to […]
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UncategorizedArmy Reserve Chief Sees Promise In Virtual Reality Training
Virtual and synthetic training systems can dramatically reduce the overhead associated with training part-time soldiers, especially in honing basic skills leading up to necessary but expensive live-fire exercises, according the […]
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ArmyPolaris Unveils Optionally-Manned Light Ground Vehicle
Polaris has introduced an optionally-manned version of the light all-terrain vehicle it builds for the Marine Corps and Special Operations Command. The advanced MRZR-X multi-mode, connected vehicle platform was unveiled […]
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ArmyArmy Orders Another $106 Million Worth Of JLTVs
The Army on Feb. 2 placed an eighth order for Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) that will replace a portion of its and the Marine Corps’ Humvee fleets. Oshkosh Defense […]
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ArmyUPDATED: 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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ArmyAirbus President Accuses Leonardo Of Treachery For Again Suing Over Helicopter Contract
Following two years of litigation that concluded and then produced a fresh lawsuit last week, UH-72 Lakota manufacturer Airbus is accusing Leonardo DRS of using the courts to hold contracts […]