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Dan Parsons
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UncategorizedArmy Launches $4B Program For Management Of Commercial IT Hardware
The Army wants to hire a company to manage the purchasing and maintenance of network hardware under a $3.9 billion contract announced Aug. 24. A request for proposals (RFP) for […]
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Navy Requires Open Architecture In New Air Combat Training System
Written into the contract for the Navy’s newest combat aircraft training system is a requirement for industry bidders to use a government-established standard communication software architecture. The $142 million contract […]
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ArmyArmy Awards General Dynamics Half-Billion Dollars For Abrams Tank Upgrades
In the past two months, the Army has put General Dynamics [GD] on contract to build prototypes of the most advanced versions of the M1A2 Abrams tanks that includes advances […]
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F-35B Flies In Show-Of-Force Mission Over Korean Peninsula
Participating for the first time in exercises with South Korea and Japan, the Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighters flew in a show-of-force flyover in direct response to North Korea’s […]
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AM General Adds $2 Billion To Already Lucrative International Humvee Sales
The international market for wheeled tactical trucks has once again rewarded AM General, this time with $2.2 billion deal to sell thousands of Humvees to allies and partners around the world. […]
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Navy/USMCF-35B Flies In Show-Of-Force Mission Over Korean Peninsula
Participating for the first time in exercises with South Korea and Japan, the Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighters flew in a show-of-force flyover in direct response to North Korea’s […]
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ArmyAM General Adds $2 Billion To Already Lucrative International Humvee Sales
The international market for wheeled tactical trucks has once again rewarded AM General, this time with $2.2 billion deal to sell thousands of Humvees to allies and partners around the […]
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Five Soldiers Missing After Black Hawk Crash Offshore Of Hawaii
A UH-60 Black hawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Hawaii on Aug. 16, prompting a search and rescue effort by the Army and Coast Guard that is ongoing. Two […]
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Airbus Delivers 400th Lakota Utility Chopper On Time And Under Budget
The week of Aug. 27, Airbus Helicopters will deliver the Army its 400th UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter (LUH), another milestone for a program that has consistently run on-time and under-budget […]
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ArmyReal-time Casualty-Count Gear Validated For JLTV Test
Ravenswood Solutions was awarded a contract to provide its “FlexTrain” instrumentation for a real-time casualty assessment (RTCA) communications network characterization at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, […]