Army
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ArmyLeonardo DRS Receive $79.6 Million Trophy APS Order, Offering Light Version For Bradleys And Stykers
Leonardo DRS and Israel’s Rafael have received a $79.6 million TROPHY active protection system order for Army and Marine Corps Abrams tanks, the companies said Tuesday, as they continue to […]
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ArmyOfficial: Army To Field Next-Gen Missile Defense System By 2022 Or Sooner
The Army’s future missile defense command platform has shown “improved reliability” in its most recent tests as the service looks to expand the system’s interoperability and range of sensors ahead […]
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ArmySikorsky Upgrading UH-60 Black Hawks to Prevent Corrosion
Sikorsky [LMT] is upgrading the U.S. military’s fleet of UH-60 Black Hawks to fight corrosion, increase the number of available flight days for the rotorcraft in Afghanistan and other deployed […]
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ArmyBoeing, Partners End 2018 With Billion-Dollar Rotorcraft Work Windfall
Atop winning several of the largest and most contentious military acquisition competitions of 2018, Boeing [BA] in the month of December alone took home a share of nearly $2 billion […]
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ArmyBoeing to Upgrade Spanish Chinooks Under First FMS Deal For Huge CH-47 Block I Contract
Spain has finalized a deal for Boeing [BA] to upgrade its CH-47D Chinooks to the most-modern version of the heavylift helicopters. Under the deal, part of a total $1.3 billion […]
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ArmyArmy Awards Raytheon $205 Million For Phalanx Weapon System Support
The Army has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a five-year, $205 million deal to continue providing support for its Phalanx weapon system, the Pentagon said on Dec. 27. Raytheon will provide services […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySikorsky-Boeing Defiant Rolls Out Toward Early 2019 First Flight
Just after Christmas, Sikorsky [LMT] and Boeing [BA] released two photographs of the SB-1 Defiant compound helicopter prototype, which has been completed and rolled out of the West Palm Beach, […]
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ArmyAVX, L3 Submit Team Proposal For Future Army ‘Knife Fighter’ Helicopter
AVX Aircraft Company and L3 [LLL] have submitted a joint proposal for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competitive prototype program that seeks a next-generation armed scout helicopter to […]
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ArmySAIC Strikes Out On Mobile Protected Firepower, Plans To Remain In Combat Vehicle Market
Even though SAIC [SAIC] was eliminated from the Army’s new light tank program, the company’s second major vehicle loss in the last year, the company will continue exploring combat vehicle […]
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ArmyArmy To Start Fielding New Light Tank In 2025, Seeking Platform To Fight In ‘Worst Conditions’
The Army will start fielding its new light tanks for infantry brigades in 2025, with officials pushing vendors BAE Systems and General Dynamics [GD] to prove their vehicle offerings are […]