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Dan Parsons
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ArmyOpen Systems Believed Essential As Army Upgrades Precision Navigation Capability
The modern Army relies heavily on equipment that can precisely locate and track all of its tanks, trucks and troops, but upgrading hundreds of thousands of GPS receivers across its […]
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UncategorizedLeonardo Scores Production Contract For MRAP-Based Counter-Drone System
The Army has awarded Leonardo DRS a contract to fulfill an urgent operational need to protect soldiers from enemy unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The $42 million contract for counter-UAS capability […]
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Air ForceTold To Speed Acquisition, Military Officials Increasingly Turn To Open Architecture Systems
Senior military officials and lawmakers are sending a clear two-word message to the Defense Department acquisition community: Go faster. Increasingly the military services are interpreting that order, along with legislation […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch
Army Suppliers. Gen. Gustav Perna, the head of Army Materiel Command, says he is trying to rebuild the supply chain that provides repair parts for Abrams tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles […]
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ArmyFunding, Engineering Challenges Delay Missile-Shields For Bradley And Stryker
Installation and characterization of active protection systems (APS) on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and Stryker wheeled combat vehicle are lagging behind the effort to equip the Abrams tank with guided-missile […]
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ArmyArmy Upgrading Abrams With Current, Future Tank Tech In Mind
When Army officials voice concerns that legacy combat vehicles are nearing the end of their functional lives, that incremental upgrades are yielding diminishing returns, they are not talking about the […]
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Army‘It’s Put-Up Or Shut-Up Time’ For Industry Light-Tank Hopefuls,
The Army is in the market for a new light tank to accompany infantry brigades into combat and the service is not prepared to wait around during a protracted development […]
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ArmyLockheed Completes Seventh Successful ATACMS Flight Test
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has conducted another successful modernization flight test of the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Launched from a soldier-manned High Mobility Artillery […]
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ArmyArmy Considers Punishing Industry For “Frivolous” Protests
The Army is asking Congress for permission to punish companies that launch “frivolous” protests that routinely stall acquisition programs for months, according to the Army’s acting chief weapons buyer. Protests […]
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ArmyMilley Insists On Expanded Virtual Training For Soldiers
The Army should invest as much in virtual training for frontline soldiers as the Air Force spends on pilots for its most advanced fighter jets, said Chief of Staff Gen. […]