Army

MCKINNEY, Texas – The recent $30 million contract Raytheon [RTN] won to upgrade missile launchers on 20 Marine Corps Light Amphibious Vehicles (LAV) fills out the service’s program of record […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to issue a broad agency announcement (BAA) “shortly” to solicit white papers on a new airborne laser prototype, according to […]

A key Army officer on Wednesday said soldiers would benefit if the service could accelerate the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) program. Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, director of Army Capabilities Integration […]

Senior Army leadership is concerned that the defense industry is less than willing to offer up intellectual property and access to its widgets as the service invests in future technology. […]

Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, takes off this week on a barnstorming tour of the Asia-Pacific region, where he sees a central role for land […]

The Army has launched an effort to replace 7,000 aircraft radios with upgraded versions that improve transmission of voice, video, force tracking and situational awareness data. A draft request for […]

Industry this week got its first detailed look at what the Army wants in a new light tank or other vehicle that will satisfy the service’s need for light mobile […]

General Dynamics [GD] on Aug. 9 was given the green light to sell $1.15 billion worth of M1 Abrams tanks and other heavy combat vehicles to Saudi Arabia, according to […]

The Army identified six capability sets it will need to fight future conflicts, but neither its acquisition system, nor its program management structure, is designed to deliver those technologies, according […]

The Army’s Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) program risks deploying vehicles that do not meet performance requirements and could endanger crew members, according to an audit report from the Defense Department […]