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Air ForceAir Force Leader Aims To Field Counter-UAV Systems Quickly
Recent incidents involving small, hostile unmanned aerial vehicles in Iraq underscore the need for the United States to rapidly field defenses against this “emerging danger,” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee […]
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ArmyArmy Seeks RFI To Inform Future Contract Efforts For Persistent Cyber Training Environment
The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) issued a request for information (RFI) for information to provide possible technical solutions to help inform the […]
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Air ForceRoboteam Developing Flying Unmanned Ground Vehicle
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Roboteam, an American-Israeli firm that makes small unmanned ground vehicles for the U.S. Department of Defense and other customers, is developing several new products, including a UGV […]
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ArmyWith Open Architecture Radios, Army Can Learn New Tricks With Old Waveforms
A combination of miniaturization and open-systems software architectures is aiding the Army in assembling the radios it needs to establish battlefield communication networks and bring data from orbiting satellites to […]
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ArmyArmy Transitions To Sustainment Of Existing Equipment Through 2030s
The Army has resigned itself to fighting with the weapons, vehicles and gear it has on hand for at least the next 10 years when it plans to begin replacing […]
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ArmyRobots Set To Take On Variety Of Ground Combat Roles
Over the next decade ground robots will steadily assume more diverse missions than the niche bomb disposal and intelligence-gathering duties they have performed for years, according to Army officials. Army […]
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ArmyArmy Light Tank Program Pulls Page From Marine Corps Acquisition Playbook
As a smaller service with limited resources, the Marine Corps usually follows the Army’s lead when buying ground combat equipment, but the roles have reversed with a new light tank […]
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ArmyBAE Wins $13.5 Million U.S. Army Contract For New Thermal Weapon Sites
The U.S. Army awarded BAE Systems a $13.5 million order to start producing the new Family of Weapon Sights-Individual (FWS-I) thermal weapon sight for soldiers, the company said Tuesday. The […]
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ArmyVehicle Moderinzation, Slowed By Uncertain Budgets, Costing Army Time And Money
The Army is chugging along modernizing its combat vehicles but budgets are forcing it to field the upgrades so slowly that the service is paying more than necessary for the […]
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ArmyArmy Nears First Flight Of Improved Gray Eagle UAS
The U.S. Army plans to begin flight testing the new Improved Gray Eagle (IGE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) “before Christmas,” a service official said Oct. 5. The IGE is a […]