Army
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ArmyDoD IG: Army Miscounted Apaches Needed For Training, Test
U.S. Army officials have justified the number of operational AH-64E gunships it will buy, but not the 167 Apaches the service says it needs for test and training at a […]
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ArmyArmy Upgrading More Strykers To A1 Configuration, Testing AI System On Bradleys
The Army announced upgrades Tuesday for two of its vehicles with a $258 million deal to modernize more Stryker fighting vehicles to the A1 configuration and a new prototype agreement […]
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ArmyArmy Awards Leonardo DRS $193 Million For First Vehicle Missile Shields On Abrams Tanks
The Army is moving forward with integrating the first active protection system (APS) for U.S. military vehicles capable of withstanding anti-tank missile threats with a $193 million deal to Leonardo […]
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ArmyBell: V-280 Built From Scratch As Production-Ready Aircraft
Call it a prototype or an experimental aircraft, but with the V-280 Valor, Bell is offering the Army a vertical lift platform it can take almost directly into production, according […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin Receives $358 Million ATACMS Deal, Readying Precision Strike Missile Testing In 2019
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a $358 million deal to produce ATACMS missiles for the Army and a foreign customer, while the company readies to begin testing in 2019 for […]
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ArmyArmy Wants Experimental Attack Helicopters Flying By 2023
Within the next five years, the Army wants at least two AH-64 Apache-sized armed reconnaissance helicopter prototypes up and flying, according to a notice the service issued June 22. […]
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ArmySikorsky/Boeing ‘Defiant’ Utility Rotorcraft Prototype On Schedule For 2018 First Flight
In Palm Beach, Fla., a team of Sikorsky and Boeing [BA] engineers is diligently progressing toward a 2018 first-flight of the SB-1 Defiant next-generation rotorcraft. “We continue to achieve milestones in […]
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ArmySikorsky’s Prototype Attack Chopper Lifts Off After Nearly A Year On The Ground
The Sikorsky S-97 Raider’s flight test program has lifted off after being grounded for nearly a year. The demonstrator met its flight objectives Tuesday. Sikorsky Vice President for Future Vertical […]
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ArmyArmy Needs New Cyber, Hypersonics Technologies To Meet ‘Changing Character Of War,’ Milley Says
The Army chief of staff wants to see an industry push on critical cyber and hypersonics technologies to surpass near-peer adversaries race toward emerging capabilities he described as “changing the […]
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ArmyL-3 Receives $391 Million To Deliver Army’s Next-Gen Night Vision Binoculars
L3 Technologies [LLL] officials Monday announced a three-year, $391 million to deliver the Army’s next-generation binocular night vision goggles. The contract for L3’s Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B), awarded in […]