Army

The annual tradition of the military services budgeting within their allocated allowances only for the service chiefs to submit “wish lists” to Congress of items they would like to spend […]

After several misfires, the Army this year has decided to pull the trigger on replacing the M9 Beretta, its standard sidearm since 1985. Interested firearms manufacturers had to have their […]

The Army is beginning to test non-developmental anti-missile shields for combat vehicles that it plans to field on M1 Abrams tanks and Strykers within two years, according to the service’s […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—MD Helicopters is developing a new military aircraft called the 6XX that company CEO Lynn Tilton wants delivered by 2018. Tilton told an audience of roughly 125 people Tuesday […]

The Army is hoping that Congress will restore at least some of the cuts to aviation and other accounts it made in its fiscal year 2017 budget submission, as outlined […]

The Army’s politically unpopular aviation restructure initiative (ARI) that would strip National Guard units of AH-64 Apache attacks helicopters met with more opposition Tuesday on Capitol Hill, where the House […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky.–AHS International is looking to build on its success over the last two fiscal years achieving $24 million in congressional “plus-ups” for the Army’s Joint Multi-Role (JMR) tech demonstrator […]

With the award of nearly $13 billion in contracts to three companies, the Army’s Manpack radio moves into the full-rate production phase of the program several weeks ahead of schedule. […]

The $12.7 billion contract to build two-channel HMS Manpack radios for the Army was split Friday among Harris Corp. [HRS], General Dynamics C4 Systems [GD] and Rockwell Collins [COL], the […]

Transfers of AH-64 Apache helicopters will continue under the Army’s current aviation restructure initiative (ARI) while a panel of one-star generals mulls the more than 60 recommendations put forth by […]