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ArmyJLTV Outperforms Both Armored And Commercial Forebears; Will Field In 2019
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va–The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is an armored vehicle at its core, but the Army and Marine Corps’ new tactical truck has many of the […]
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ArmyArmy Shutters MRAP Program Office But Plans To Keep Thousands Of Bomb-Proof Vehicles
After 10 years the mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle (MRAP) program office furled and sheathed its colors June 9 in a ceremony that marked the end of its independent existence. Amid escalation […]
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ArmyBoeing, Textron Given Shots At $475 Million SOCOM Drone Services Contract
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) on June 7 announced that Boeing’s [BA] Insitu unmanned systems arm and Textron’s [TXT] AAI Corp. both share in a multiple-award contract for providing unmanned […]
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ArmyArmy Chief On Active Protection: ‘Critical Need’ Could Be Opened To Competition
After buying off-the-shelf active protection systems (APS) for frontline combat vehicles, the Army plans to launch an open competition for missile shields to outfit the remainder of its fleets, according […]
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ArmyGlock Protest Of Army Handgun Contract Denied, Clearing Sig Sauer To Carry On Work
Sig Sauer has a green light to build and deliver the Army’s new XM17 modular handgun system under a $580 million contract the company won in January. The Government Accountability […]
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Army80-Ton Abrams Too Heavy For Support Vehicles, Requiring Costly Upgrades
Weighing in at nearly 80-tons, the current iteration of the M1 Abrams main battle tank is bristling with after-market gear that make it the most lethal tank in the world […]
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ArmyArmy Holding Month-Long Cyber Training Exercise In June
The U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence’s annual month-long Cyber Quest training exercise, which will bring outside vendors to help identify cyberspace challenges and provide a forum for possible operational […]
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ArmyArmy Cyber Teams Near Full Capability While Contributing To Current Operations
By September the Army’s cyber protection teams will have reached full operational capability (FOC), but the units already established are participating in named operations including a digital campaign against Islamic […]
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ArmyArmy Launches Competition To Replace Heavy Dump Truck
The Army is officially in the market for a new 20-ton heavy dump truck following the May 26 publication of a request for proposals to replace the M917 made by […]
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ArmyArmy Budgets Serious Money For Combat Vehicle Missile Shields
For the first time, the Army in its fiscal 2018 budget request has set aside significant funding to purchase and develop systems that can protect combat vehicles from missiles. In […]