Army
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Business/FinancialArmy Awards BAE Systems $8 Million Deal For New Precision-Guidance Kits
BAE Systems has received an $8 million deal to develop new precision-guidance kits to the Army aimed to improve the accuracy of 155-millimeter artillery munitions. Under the deal, announced Jan. […]
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ArmyArmy’s Vehicle Missile Shields On Hold Pending Better Testing
The Army’s missile shields for the Abrams tank, Bradley and Stryker need more testing before their worth to soldiers is proven and the expense of retrofitting them onto the vehicles […]
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ArmyOfficials: Hypervelocity Weapon Transitioning To Services This Year; New Army Missile Defense Strategy To Be Finished This Summer
The Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) expects to start transitioning the hypervelocity gun weapon system (HGWS) to the services over the next year, an official said last Thursday. Vincent […]
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ArmyOshkosh Expects Flood Of Foreign JLTV Orders Once Army Ramps Production
Oshkosh [OSK] continues to ramp up production of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) for the Army and in anticipation of increased demand overseas, according to President and Chief Executive […]
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Air ForceAir Force, Army To Hold Joint Exercises On Multi-Domain Battle
The U.S. Air Force and Army plan to conduct a series of joint table-top exercises over the next year to refine ideas for fighting seamlessly across multiple domains, an Air […]
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Business/FinancialArmy Wins Appeal Against Leonardo Lawsuit Blocking UH-72 Sole-Source Contracts
The Army has won an appeal against Leonardo’s lawsuit attempting to block its pursuit of sole-source contracts for Airbus’ UH-72 Lakota helicopters. The U.S. Court of Appeals announced its decision […]
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ArmyArmy Reserve Chief Sees Promise In Virtual Reality Training
Virtual and synthetic training systems can dramatically reduce the overhead associated with training part-time soldiers, especially in honing basic skills leading up to necessary but expensive live-fire exercises, according the […]
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ArmyCurtiss-Wright Launches New Initiative To Support Army C4ISR/EW Open Suite Of Standards
Defense manufacturer Curtiss-Wright [CW] is launching a new initiative to support Army Materiel Command’s new C4ISR and electronic warfare modular system standards program, the company said at a conference Monday. […]
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Air ForceStudy: Drawdown, Budget Caps Have Harmed Every Sector Of Defense Industrial Base
Every sector of the defense industrial base has been hit by a decline in contracts first from the military drawdown from lengthy wars in the Middle East and Asia and […]
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PentagonIn New Strategy, Mattis Redirects ‘More-Lethal’ Military Toward Great-Power Conflict
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis unveiled on Friday a strategy for sharpening the U.S. military’s competitive advantage against near-peer adversaries Russia and China by modernizing the force, strengthening alliances and building […]