Army
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ArmyArmy Consolidates Apache Testing With New Missile, Other Capability Ugrades
In order to concurrently test fire a new missile from the aircraft, the Army is delaying follow-on test and evaluation of the AH-64E Apache gunship by a year, according to […]
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ArmyArmy Network Study Team To Kick Off With Industry Event At Aberdeen
To inform industry of Army tactical network modernization needs and priorities, the Army’s newly formed Network Cross Functional Team (CFT) will hold a tactical-network related information forum in February at […]
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ArmyU.S. Army Pursues UH-72A Procurement After Lawsuit Derailment
The U.S. Army is moving forward with a plan to buy more UH-72 Lakotas after a lawsuit blocked a previous effort to add more than a dozen of the Airbus utility aircraft […]
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ArmyNew Army Senior Civilian Promises Leadership Through ‘Critical Inflection Point’
At his formal swearing-in ceremony as the 23rd Secretary of the Army, Mark Esper said the service’s most daunting task is to fulfill its current obligations while preparing to fight […]
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ArmyArmy Awards Kratos $93 Million Deal For Unmanned Aerial Drone Systems
The Army has awarded Kratos’ [KTOS] Unmanned Systems Division (KUSD) a $93 million deal for advanced subscale aerial drone systems and an unmanned target aircraft. Funding for the deal, announced […]
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ArmyBAE Takes Home Howitzer Contract Carrying Full-rate Production Option
BAE Systems has been given the green light and a hefty check by the Army to upgrade the final lot of M109 Paladin self-propelled guns to the modern A7 configuration, […]
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ArmyArmy Pays GD $2.6B For Abrams Tank Upgrades
General Dynamics [GD] on Dec. 21 closed on a $2.6 billion deal to upgrade nearly 800 M1 Abrams tanks to the most modern configuration. The fixed-price incentive contract includes upgrading […]
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ArmyNew Army, Marine Corps Manual Lays Out Plans For Future Urban Combat
With half the world’s population living in cities, both the Army and Marine Corps foresee intense urban combat as a likely element of future wars, leading to the publication of […]
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ArmyBell V-280 Tiltrotor Prototype Achieves First Flight
The V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor lifted off Dec. 18, marking a first for Bell Helicopter’s offering in the Army’s Joint Multirole technology demonstration (JMR-TD). The company did not immediately provide […]
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ArmyArmy Pursuing Rapid Prototyping Of Integrated Electronic Warfare-Cyber Capabilities In FY 18
As the Army begins moving its electronic warfare (EW) components over to its cyber branch, officials are shifting focus to rapid prototyping of integrated tools meant to enhance the capabilities […]