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Matthew Beinart
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ArmyBush: New Supplemental Doubled Army’s Request For Boosting 155mm Ammo Production
The recently passed supplemental funding bill included around $6 billion to boost 155mm artillery ammunition production, double what the Army had requested as the service pushes to build 100,000 such […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps On Track To Field Medium-Range Intercept Capability In 2025
The Marine Corps is on track to begin fielding its new Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) in 2025, a lead official has confirmed. Col. Andrew Konicki, the Marine Corps’ program […]
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ArmyArmy Cancels Next Award For EW Management Tool, Details New Software Build Approach
The Army on Wednesday detailed its decision to cancel the next planned award for its Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT), citing “evolving requirements and a strategic realignment within […]
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Air ForceDoD Leaders Pressed On Sentinel ICBM Cost Overruns As Path Forward To Be Detailed Soon
Senior Pentagon leaders on Tuesday were pressed on the department’s ongoing review of cost overruns with the Sentinel future intercontinental ballistic missile program, which is expected to be detailed to […]
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ArmyArmy Plans For Initial FTUAS Procurement In 2026
DENVER — After recently awarding options for the next steps in its competitive development effort, a lead official has affirmed the Army is looking to 2026 for initial procurement of […]
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ArmyArmy Plans For FLRAA First Unit Equipped Milestone In FY ‘31, Delayed By Protest
DENVER — The Army is planning to reach a first unit equipped milestone for its Bell [TXT]-built Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) in fiscal year 2031, a senior official […]
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Textron, Griffon Aerospace Nab Next FTUAS Inc. 2 Options, Includes Flight Tests In FY ‘25
DENVER —The Army has awarded Textron Systems [TXT] and Griffon Aerospace the third and fourth contract options for Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) Inc. 2 program, which will include flight tests […]
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ArmySikorsky Runs ITEP Engine On FARA Prototype, First Flight On Black Hawk Likely In Early ‘25
DENVER — The Army recently ran the new GE Aerospace [GE] T901 next-gen helicopter engine on Sikorsky’s [LMT] Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototype, gathering data ahead of a planned […]
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ArmyBoeing ‘In The Works’ With Army On Next Apache Procurement Deal
DENVER — Boeing [BA] said Wednesday it’s “confident” there will be another procurement deal for the Apache attack helicopter, with a company official adding that details on the next award […]
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ArmyBoeing ‘Weeks Away’ From First CH-47F Block II Delivery, Army Plans For Milestone C In Late FY ‘25
DENVER —Boeing [BA] is “weeks away” from officially handing over the first CH-47F Block II Chinook to the Army, while a Milestone C decision to move the program into full-rate […]