Army
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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) […]
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ArmyFutures Command To Open ‘Shark Tank’-Like Tech Incubator, Gets Two New Leaders
Less than two weeks into its official activation, the Army’s Futures Command (AFC) has two new confirmed leaders and plans to establish a technology incubator aimed at bringing in more […]
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ArmyU.S. Army Begins To Arrest Pilot Shortage 10 Years In The Making
After more than 10 years of speeding aviators through school and into war zones without adequate funding, the Army has a shortage of attack helicopter pilots even though it has […]
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ArmyArmy Awards $491 Million To Cummins Power Generation For More AMMPS Generators
The Army has awarded Cummins Power Generation (CPG) a $491 million deal to continue providing Advanced Medium Mobile Power Source (AMMPS) generators to power battlefield systems, the Pentagon said Aug. […]