Army
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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 […]
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ArmyArmy Engineering Active Protection Installation On Combat Vehicles To Inform 2017 Fielding Decision
Army officials are eager to provide combat vehicles with Active Protection Systems (APS) that intercept enemy rockets and guided missiles, but significant engineering work is needed before U.S. tanks and […]
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ArmyU.S. Homeland Needs Better Cruise Missile Detection, General Says
The United States needs to improve its ability to detect cruise missiles fired at the homeland during a surprise attack from a boat, container ship or person on the ground, a […]
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ArmyBoeing, Army Inch Closer To AH-64E Apache Multi-Year Deal
Boeing [BA] and the Army have made progress toward a multi-year contract for AH-64E model Apaches with a second quarter 2017 contract a possibility. Army Col. Jeff Hager, program manager […]
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ArmyArmy Begins Shift To Multi-Domain Battle Concept Of Operations
The Army is set to reorganize the way it fights around a new concept where it will shoot down aircraft and sink ships at sea in addition to performing offensive […]