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ArmyArmy’s FY ’17 War Funding Boost Targets Russian Threat To NATO
The United States is not at war with Russia, but the Army is set to receive an infusion of wartime funding to beef up its presence and upgrade its equipment […]
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ArmyArmy Bleeds Aviation Modernization To Fund Readiness Priorities in FY ’17 Budget
The Army plans to put its aviation modernization programs on life support to pay for readiness, spending just enough to preserve rotorcraft production and avoid default on contractual obligations. Total […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Makes Aviation Investments, Shrinks To 182,000 In Fiscal 2017 Budget
As requested, the Marine Corps fiscal year 2017 budget will complete the service’s eight-year reduction in end strength to 182,000, which the service plans to maintain for at least the […]
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ArmyArmy Cuts Procurement Deeply To Pay For Readiness In FY ’17 Budget Request
The Army in its fiscal 2017 budget request accepted deep cuts to procurement and modernization in support of increased funding for near-term investments in readiness of personnel and equipment to […]
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Pentagon, Studies Agree: Army Has Too Few Soldiers And Lacks Adequate Equipment For Fight With Russia
The 30,000 U.S. troops in Europe pose little credible deterrence to a Russian of NATO’s eastern flank, a reality trumpeted by Army commanders and backed up by a spate of […]
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ArmyU.S. Commander: U.S.-Built Airframe Should Replace Afghan Air Force’s Russian Helicopters
The Afghan Air Force’s (AAF) Russian-built helicopters are wearing out flying close air support missions against the Taliban and need to be replaced with new airframes that the U.S. government […]
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ArmyReport: Oshkosh JLTV Five Times More Reliable Than Lockheed In Army, Marine Corps Testing
In operational tests by the Army and Marine Corps, the Oshkosh [OSK] Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) drove more than five times as far on average between failures as the […]
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Report: Oshkosh JLTV Five Times More Reliable Than Lockheed In Army, Marine Corps Testing
In operational tests by the Army and Marine Corps, the Oshkosh [OSK] Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) drove more than five times as far on average between failures as the […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Awards Contract For Delivery Of Open Architecture Marksmanship Training Simulators
The Marine Corps has awarded Meggitt Training Systems a $7.2 million contract as part of a larger $32.7 million contract to continue development of the service’s virtual small-arms marksmanship training […]
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Navy/USMCSeapower Committee Chair Sees Shift To Support For Larger Navy, Increased Budgets
The fiscal year 2017 budget, the last for the outgoing Obama administration, is still a week from officially going public, but Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) is predicting the spending plan […]