Army
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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 […]
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ArmyA Common Denominator For Army Modernization Goals: Modular, Open-Architecture Systems
If the Army’s diverse set of modernization priorities share anything in common, it is that the scientists and engineers working to achieve those capabilities are taking a modular, open-systems approach […]
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ArmyTwo Companies Share $400 Million Army Robot Development Contract
Two companies will share in a nearly half-billion-dollar contract for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of one the Army’s three future ground robot programs of record. QinetiQ North […]
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ArmyOlympics Drone Swarm Heightens Army Concerns Over Air Defense
During the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, a flock of 1,200 commercial drones made by Intel [INTC] formed a giant snowboarder that flew into […]
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ArmyOpen Architecture Future Vertical Lift Family Will Include Advanced UAS
Aside from developing a revolutionary new family of rotorcraft, the Army’s ongoing Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program includes building a next-generation unmanned aerial system that will fly in formation with […]
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ArmyFuture Army Vehicle Missile Shields Defined By Open-Architecture Brain
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–Lockheed Martin [LMT] will continue to develop the Army’s future vehicle missile shield open architecture controller, a central brain that will operate a suite of technologies providing layered protection […]
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Army‘Holy Grail’ Next-Gen Combat Vehicle Prototypes To Begin Delivering In 2019
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – After years of searching for the Holy Grail of combat vehicles and failing to the right mix of technologies at an affordable price, the Army is within […]
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ArmyAMC Chief Perna: Army Is In ‘Shameful’ Shape, Must Modernize
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Not only is the Army not in fighting shape for future wars, it is in such dire need of systemic modernization that it is in “shameful” condition, […]