Army
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ArmyLeonardo DRS, Rafael Successfully Demonstrate Lighter Version Of Trophy APS On Bradley
Leonardo DRS and Israel’s Rafael completed successful live-fire qualifications for a lighter version of their Trophy active protection system (APS), demonstrating potential for future integration on smaller Army vehicles, including […]
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ArmyFresh From Afghanistan, US National Guard Chinooks Patrol Flooded NC
OVER EASTERN, N.C. — Before lifting off from Raleigh, N.C., pilot Peter Doerr, a chief warrant officer with the Maryland Army National Guard explains the day’s humanitarian relief mission and […]
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ArmyArmy Awards Northrop Grumman Full-Rate Production Deal For IM Rocket Motors
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has received a full-rate production contract from the Army to continue delivering its insensitive munitions (IM0 rocket motors for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) program, […]
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ArmyFinal Defense Spending Bill Increases Funding For Stryker Hull Upgrades
Congress has matched the Army’s $4.1 billion vehicle budget request in the final version of the fiscal year 2019 spending bill, while including a $200 million increase for Stryker upgrades […]
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ArmyConsensus Defense Funding Bill Boosts Army, Navy Rotorcraft Procurement
A consensus spending bill agreed to by U.S. House and Senate budgeters would fully fund military rotorcraft procurement programs and boost funding for Army helicopters and Marine Corps tiltrotors. The […]
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ArmyLawmakers Press Army On Futures Command’s Metrics, Officials Offer Speedy Acquisition Process
Senior Army officials during a Thursday House hearing said Futures Command’s success will be based on reducing the requirements for new capabilities down to 12 months and delivering next-generation platforms […]
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ArmySerco Awarded $51 Million Contract For Shipboard CIWS Support
IT service management company Serco, Inc. said on Tuesday it’s been awarded a $51 million single-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to continue providing installation support for Close-In Weapons Systems […]
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ArmyGD, Northrop Grumman’s Alliant Techsystems To Compete For $1.85 Billion Army Ammunitions Work
General Dynamics’ [GD] ordnance and tactical systems division and Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Alliant Techsystems Operations have been selected to compete for $1.85 billion in potential Army ammunitions deals, the Pentagon […]
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ArmyUPDATED: Sikorsky Nears First Flight Of Black Hawk Robotic Co-Pilot Retrofit Kit
Sikorsky is nearing completion of the first UH-60 outfitted with an aftermarket robotic copilot kit that can help plan and execute missions in concert with a pilot either in the […]
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ArmyFuture Vertical Lift to Field With New High-Level US Army Fast-Attack Units
When the U.S. Army introduces a new rotorcraft platform sometime in the mid-2020s, it will field them with new high-echelon aviation units instead of disrupting existing Combat Aviation Brigades (CABs) […]