Army
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Air ForceAcquisition Nominees Call For Prototyping Before Buying Major Weapon Systems
Rapid experimental prototyping of the sort that resulted in the SR-71 Blackbird and F-117 stealth fighter is the key to keeping major weapon system development programs on track, according to […]
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ArmyArmy Wants Tenfold Increase In Combat System Capability
In pursuing its modernization goals, the Army wants bullets, tanks, radios and rifles that are up to 10 times as capable as the gear it currently fields. The Army wants […]
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ArmyArmy Seeking Design Proposals For Future Virtual Warfare Operations Facility
Army officials will begin accepting proposals later this month to design a virtual warfare facility to be housed at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The new Virtual Warfare Center […]
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ArmyNew TRADOC Guideline Sets Approach To Future Army Cyberspace Operations
Future Army cyber operations will require improved ownership of the electromagnetic spectrum and accelerated integration of cyber and electronic warfare (EW) operations to outpace peer adversaries’ technological advances, according to […]
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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, […]