Army
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ArmyGE Promises Major Investments, Hundreds of Jobs to Support T901 Engine Production
General Electric’s [GE] big win in the race to re-engine U.S. Army attack and utility helicopters will support jobs in at least 12 states, including 100 engineering positions at the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyGE Wins Huge Army Contract To Develop Black Hawk, Apache Replacement Engines
General Electric [GE] has prevailed in its bid to develop a drop-in replacement engine for the U.S. Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters with a half-billion-dollar engineering contract […]
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ArmyArmy Releases Draft RFP For Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle
The Army is moving ahead with its Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle effort after releasing a draft request for proposals Thursday, which includes plans to award two vendors prototype development contracts […]
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ArmyArmy Activates New AI Task Force
The Army on Friday launched its new Artificial Intelligence Task Force, which will fall under the new Futures Command and look to develop AI applications for the full spectrum of […]
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ArmyToo Few Pilots, Maintainers Threaten Incoming Afghan UH-60 Fleet
There are too few Afghan Air Force pilots to operate a new fleet of UH-60 Black Hawks as they are delivered and no plan in place for teaching maintainers to […]
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ArmyArmy Details Synthetic Training Environment Requirements, Looking To Reach IOC In 2021
The Army is looking to reach initial operational capability for its Synthetic Training Environment program by September 2021, and has asked industry to focus on virtualized direct fire and short-range […]
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ArmySB-1 Defiant Completes First Round of Ground Runs
The SB-1 Defiant has begun spinning rotors in West Palm Beach, Fla., where the Sikorsky [LMT]-Boeing [BA] team is readying the compound helicopter prototype for its first flight early this […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin Receives $18 Million To Prototype EW Pod For Army UAS
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Tuesday it has received $18 million to develop the Army’s first electronic warfare pod to provide jamming capabilities on unmanned aerial systems. The Army awarded Lockheed […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyWithout Further Army Investment, Textron May Pull Funding From V-280
Bell needs significantly more investment by the Army in its Future Vertical Lift program or parent company Textron [TXT] may be forced to pull funding from the advanced tiltrotor development […]
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Business/FinancialSAIC Reworking Combat Vehicle Strategy With Supply Chain Investments, CEO Says
SAIC [SAIC] is planning increase investments in supply chain management as it looks to improve its combat vehicle strategy for future programs following two major losses in 2018, the company’s […]