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Dan Parsons
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ArmySOCOM Acquisition Trailblazing Could Streamline DoD Weapon Buying
Special Operations Command (SOCOM), which relies on the military services to provide much of its enabling technologies and platforms, has begun blazing trails to new technologies and sharing that knowledge […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Test The Future Of Amphibious Warfare: Unmanned Systems
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Once a remote-controlled assault amphibious vehicle trundled ashore here, it stopped and released from its hold a ground robot that continued its way across the wide […]
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ArmyLockheed Broadens Q-53 Radar Scope To Detect UAS, Working On SHORAD
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is expanding the capabilities of the Army’s Q-53 counterfire radar to deal with small unmanned aerial systems and eventually plans for the same system to be capable […]
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Air ForceF-35 Software Testing Could Overrun Budget By $1.7 Billion, GAO Says
Finalizing the baseline software configuration for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter could take a year longer than planned, cost nearly $2 billion more than is budgeted and threaten the Navy […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch
Recoilless Rifle. The Army’s Project Manager Soldier Weapons (PM SW) wants a “reusable shoulder fired recoilless weapon system and family of ammunition,” the service announces on the government’s contracting website. […]
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UncategorizedTrump Launches Probe Into Impact Of Steel Imports On U.S. Defense Industry
President Donald Trump has launched an investigation into steel imports and could impose a tariff on steel produced overseas if it is found to cost American jobs or threaten national […]
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Air Force F-35As Arrive In U.K. For Inaugural Deployment
The first Europe-bound training deployment of the conventional takeoff and landing F-35A Joint Strike Fighter was made official April 15 when several of the jets touched down at Royal Air […]
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InternationalTrump Launches Probe Into Impact Of Steel Imports On U.S. Defense Industry
President Donald Trump has launched an investigation into steel imports and could impose a tariff on steel produced overseas if it is found to cost American jobs or threaten national […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Will Change Cost-Reporting On ACV But Refuse Suggested Production Delay
The Marine Corps has agreed to recalibrate the troop-carrying capacity of the amphibious combat vehicle (ACV) so its operation and maintenance cost can be more accurately compared to the vehicle […]
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ArmyArmy Delays Medium-Truck Competition So Newcomers Can View Incumbent Vehicle
The Army has pushed back the deadline for proposals for upgraded medium tactical vehicles so companies that wish to challenge the incumbent manufacturer can have a closer look at legacy […]