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Dan Parsons
Articles By Dan
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ArmyTrophy APS Adds Weight To Abrams While Shielding Tank From More Threats
Mounting the Trophy active protection system (APS) on an M1 Abrams results in a net increase in weight of about half a ton to the already 73-ton tank, but achieves […]
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ArmyArmy ‘Tees Up’ Decision On Abrams Tank Missile Shields
ABERDEEN TEST CENTER, Md. – By October the Army will have decided whether to outfit a brigade’s worth of Abrams tanks with the Trophy active protection systems (APS) that the […]
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ArmyFive 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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ArmyCannon-Carrying Stryker Shines As Swift And Successful Army Acquisition Model
ABERDEEN TEST CENTER, Md. – Watching a Stryker punch 30mm holes through an armored truck at 1,000 yards, it is hard to believe the cannon-toting infantry vehicle was not much […]
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UncategorizedOsprey Operations Ongoing As Recovery Of Downed MV-22 Continues Off Australia
The Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys stationed on Okinawa remained operational Aug. 7 as U.S. and Australian navy vessels attempted to recover wreckage of a downed tiltrotor off the east coast […]
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Commandant Orders 24-Hour Pause In All Flight Ops Following MV-22 Crash
All Marine Corps aviation units will at some point during the next two weeks suspend flight operations for 24 hours as a result of the Aug. 5 crash of an […]
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Press ReleasesArmy Extends Shelf Life Of Artillery Missiles
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a $161 million production contract for the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), which the Army plans to use as an initial “cross-domain” capability to fire […]
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ArmyLockheed Locks Up $8 Billion Global Special Ops Support Contract
Lockheed Martin [LMT] last Friday took home an $8 billion contract order on a large indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide Special Operations Command (SOCOM) with global logistics support. As incumbent, […]
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GD Marries Stryker And Avenger For Mobile Short-Range Air Defense
The Army could find the answer to its lack of mobile short-range air defense (SHORAD) in a couple of existing platforms that General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems, with the help of Boeing [BA], have […]
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Monday, August 14, 2017
- Defense Watch
- SECDEF Mattis: Growth Of DoD Experimental Innovation Unit A ‘Top-Level Priority’
- Commandant Orders 24-Hour Pause In All Flight Ops Following MV-22 Crash
- Stennis Returns To Sea Trials After Six Month Of Maintenance
- Army Readying Cyber Soldiers For All Maneuver Unit Headquarter Staffs
- Air Force Delays Launching AEHF, SBIRS Satellites
- New State Dept. Directorate Prioritizing Internal Cyber Efforts