Army
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ArmyArmy To Halt Programs On Network That Hinder Ability To ‘Fight Tonight’
BALTIMORE, Md. — The Army is preparing to remedy the most pressing shortfalls with its network after a year-long assessment concluded it was inadequately meeting requirements for mission operations and […]
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ArmyOpen Systems Believed Essential As Army Upgrades Precision Navigation Capability
The modern Army relies heavily on equipment that can precisely locate and track all of its tanks, trucks and troops, but upgrading hundreds of thousands of GPS receivers across its […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin Wins Contract For Patriot Radar Replacement Prototype
A Defense Department group awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a contract for the technology maturation of a Patriot Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) prototype, the company said Thursday. […]
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Air ForceArmy Might Boost Hellfire Production By Thousands Of Missiles
To meet warfighters’ growing demand for the AGM-114 Hellfire missile, the U.S. Army says it might increase production of the air-to-ground weapon by several thousand missiles a year. The Army […]
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Air ForceTold To Speed Acquisition, Military Officials Increasingly Turn To Open Architecture Systems
Senior military officials and lawmakers are sending a clear two-word message to the Defense Department acquisition community: Go faster. Increasingly the military services are interpreting that order, along with legislation […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Developing Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion Testbed For Army
The Army is moving forward with its development of a Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion (MMSF), tasking Lockheed Martin [LMT] with a $12 million contract to develop a testbed of the technology […]
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ArmyFunding, Engineering Challenges Delay Missile-Shields For Bradley And Stryker
Installation and characterization of active protection systems (APS) on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and Stryker wheeled combat vehicle are lagging behind the effort to equip the Abrams tank with guided-missile […]
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ArmyArmy Cyber Protection Teams Building Defense Operations With Mobile Kits
The Army continues to build the role and capabilities of its defensive-focused cyber operations teams with a greater focus on combating adversarial network infiltration in real-time with new mobile kits. […]
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ArmySHORAD Show-Off At AUSA
Several contractors are showing off and announcing their offerings for short-range air defense systems for deployed ground forces at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) conference in Washington, D.C. […]
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ArmyArmy Upgrading Abrams With Current, Future Tank Tech In Mind
When Army officials voice concerns that legacy combat vehicles are nearing the end of their functional lives, that incremental upgrades are yielding diminishing returns, they are not talking about the […]