Army
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ArmyPentagon’s Innovation And Tech Hub Announces $12 Million In New Agreements
In the first half of the current fiscal year, the Pentagon’s experimental technology hub awarded $12.3 million in contracts. The Defense Innovation unit Experimental (DIUx), established under former Secretary of […]
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ArmyArmy’s Stryker-Mounted Laser Knocks 50 Drones From Sky In Recent Experiment
The Army is increasingly concerned with the prevalence of weaponized unmanned aerial systems (UAS), which both near-peer and non-state adversaries have demonstrated to great effect in recent conflicts. One of […]
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ArmyKratos Turns Russian T-72 Into Unmanned Tank Target
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions recently converted a Russian T-72 tank to operate as an unmanned target for U.S. Army gunners. In response to an Army requirement for a tank […]
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Air ForceMattis: Strike On Syria Separate From Anti-ISIS Fight, Will Not Delay Defeat Plan
In his first turn briefing the press at the Pentagon as Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis said the recent retaliatory strike against Syria for its use of chemical weapons on civilians […]
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ArmyLockheed, Northrop Complete Initial Laboratory Integration of Modular Missile Shield Subsystems
The Army’s developmental active protection system (APS) program took a step forward when Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully linked its open-architecture processor with Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] electro-optic sensors and countermeasures. Lockheed and […]
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ArmyMacB’s EITC Wins Army Cloud Computing BOA
The U.S. Army awarded Enlighten IT Consulting (EITC), a MacB company, a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) cloud and data center migration services, MacB said Monday. This BOA, called the Army […]
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InternationalU.S. Army Awards BAE $112 Million Contract For M88 Vehicle Sustainment
The U.S. Army awarded Britain’s BAE Systems a $112 million contract to perform technical support and sustainment of M88 recovery vehicles, the company said Monday. The M88 vehicle provides recovery […]
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ArmyYearlong CR Threatens JLTV Production Ramp
A year-long continuing resolution (CR) threatens the ramp-up in Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) production and other programs that need increased funding to speed manufacturing. Under a CR, program offices […]
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ArmyMarine Corps Takes Delivery Of First Powerful New Northrop-Built Ground Based Radar
LINTHICUM, Md. – From atop a hill here overlooking the Baltimore-Washington International Airport the Marine Corps’ new expeditionary radar can detect air traffic from New York to Norfolk, Va., from […]
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ArmyArmy Feeling Pressure Of Hiring Freeze, Unpredictable Funding
The Army is feeling the pinch of the Trump administration’s civilian hiring freeze and is being forced to find efficiencies that can compensate for attrition in its civilian ranks. Lt. […]