Army
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ArmyMaintenance Issues Cloud JLTV Full-Rate Production Decision
Both the Army and Marine Corps are forging ahead with production of 56,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), although the trucks have failed to meet some maintenance-related performance thresholds, according […]
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ArmyArmy To Award First Cyber Training Environment Capability Contracts In May
The first capability contracts for the Army’s new cyber threat training environment are set to be awarded by the end of May with a delivery for training tools slated for […]
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ArmyOpen Systems Helping Army Get ‘Quick Wins’ For Network Modernization Capabilities
The Army’s shift to a ‘secure, but unclassified’ approach and an embrace of open systems is allowing for greater access to commercial capabilities needed for its tactical network modernization effort. […]
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CongressLawmakers Want Army To Speed Armored Vehicle, Helicopter Upgrades
Recognizing the Army’s need to upgrade or replace its ground vehicles and aircraft for future combat, House lawmakers will ask for plans to accelerate both the modernization of its armored […]
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ArmyHouse Committee Calls For Plan To Boost Army Stinger Missile Stocks, Speed SHORAD Fielding
Lawmakers support Army efforts to fast track short-range air defense capabilities to the field to counter enemy missiles and unmanned aircraft but are concerned that the service may need more […]
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ArmyArmy Officials Seek Multi-Purpose Tech To Fund For Fielding, Experimentation
FORT BELVOIR, Va. – Undersecretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy continued his tour of the service’s research facilities to see in person development projects to help determine which technologies will […]
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ArmyGround Troops Need Immersive Simulators To Fight ‘Bloodless Battles’ Before Combat
Inside a 32,000-square-foot former tomato packing plant at Camp Pendleton, Calif., the Marine Corps has constructed an infantry combat simulator so realistic that it sent the wife of one of […]
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ArmyThankful For Two-Year Cash Infusion, Army Officials Plead For Funding Beyond 2019
Army officials are thankful for the funding bump and short-term stability Congress has provided for the next two years, but no time is being wasted in asking lawmakers to continue […]
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ArmyEsper: Army Will Kill Old Programs To Fund Big Six Modernization Priorities
Senior Army leaders are now meeting monthly to review major acquisition programs and prioritize them, a new policy which likely will result in wholesale program cancellations so their funding can […]
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ArmyArmy Missile, Truck Program Costs Jump $14 Billion While Network Drops $8 Billion
Three Army acquisition programs increased more than $1 billion each in 2017 while a canceled program drew attention for a dramatic decrease in program cost because it has been effectively […]