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Dan Parsons
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Navy/USMCSAIC To Begin Integration Work On First Amphibious Combat Vehicle In October
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] in October will begin integrating subsystems onto the hull of the first amphibious combat vehicle it will build for the Marine […]
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Navy/USMCBAE’s First Amphibious Combat Vehicle Surfaces With New 690-HP Engine
Marine Corps officials on Tuesday got a look at the first Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) that has rolled off the BAE Systems production line. The eight-wheeled, 690-horsepower armored personnel carrier […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Seeks To Rapidly Prototype, Speed Non-Developmental Gear To The Field
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — The Marine Corps is experimenting with ways to rapidly “buy, try and decide” on non-development equipment outside the traditional plodding acquisition process. Large multi-billion-dollar […]
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ArmyOpen Architecture Mission Systems Will Determine Success Of Army’s Future Vertical Lift Program
The success of the Army’s revolutionary new rotorcraft will depend on open architecture software standards that can be rapidly reconfigured as much if not more than on the aircraft design, according […]
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Air ForceCyberspace Allows Small Nations, Groups To Flex Large-Scale Military Muscle
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The size of a combatant doesn’t matter in cyberspace, where minor nations or small non-state groups with internet access and programming knowhow can create global effects […]
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Air ForceDunford: Military Can’t Buy Its Way Out Of Modernization Hole
A lack of predictable and sufficient funding for modernization has left the military attempting to dig itself out of a technological deficit it cannot spend its way out of, according […]
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ArmyReport: Army Ill Prepared For Future High-End War With Near-Peer Nation
The Army after 15 years of counterinsurgency wars in the Middle East is proficient at fighting small, low-intensity wars but is ill prepared to counter a near-peer in a high-end […]
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Air ForceAir Force Will Need More Tankers Than 179 KC-46 Buy, Mobility Command Chief Says
The Air Force needs more new aerial refueling tankers than the 179 Boeing [BA] KC-46s it plans to buy and is considering incremental upgrades and a follow-on KC-Z aircraft to […]
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Air ForceAir Force Will Need More Tankers Than 179 KC-46 Buy, Mobility Command Chief Says
The Air Force needs more new aerial refueling tankers than the 179 Boeing [BA] KC-46s it plans to buy and is considering incremental upgrades and a follow-on KC-Z aircraft to […]
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PentagonCarter Pledges Continued Expansion Of High-Tech Outreach Program
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is vowing to continue growing his high-tech outreach initiative to include more offices that place military personnel among private-sector innovators. Carter cut the ribbon on […]