Army
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Air ForceDunford: Military Can’t Buy Its Way Out Of Modernization Hole
A lack of predictable and sufficient funding for modernization has left the military attempting to dig itself out of a technological deficit it cannot spend its way out of, according […]
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ArmyReport: Army Ill Prepared For Future High-End War With Near-Peer Nation
The Army after 15 years of counterinsurgency wars in the Middle East is proficient at fighting small, low-intensity wars but is ill prepared to counter a near-peer in a high-end […]
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ArmyU.S. Army Awards BAE $54 Million in Foreign Military Sales Contract To Brazil
The U.S. Army awarded BAE Systems a $54 million firm-fixed-price foreign military sales contract to upgrade and repair 32 M109A5 self-propelled howitzers, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Bids were initially […]
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ArmyArmy Weighs Ring of CubeSats in Next Satellite Demonstration
The Army is considering a demonstration constellation comprised of a ring of small satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for telecommunications services. The potential constellation, known as the Army Global […]
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ArmyU.S. Deploys HIMARS In Syria
OXFORD, England–The Defense Department last week started using its High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) to help beat back ISIL combatants in Syria, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday. Carter, in […]
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ArmyLt. Gen. Walsh: Marines ‘Must Have’ Active Vehicle Protection For Future Fights
Guided missiles have advanced and proliferated to such a point that the Marine Corps must deploy its vehicles with more than old fashion armor to protect them, according to Lt. […]
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ArmySwiftly Upgraded Open Architecture Systems A Must For New Army Rapid Capabilities Office
A central tenet of the Army’s new Rapid Capabilities Office is ensuring that future soldier equipment and systems can be rapidly upgraded as technologies emerge and evolve. Katrina McFarland, acting […]
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ArmyArmy Fails To Justify Need For Long-Delayed XM25 Air-Burst Weapon, DoD Watchdog Says
The Defense Department spending watchdog recommends the Army cancel the significantly delayed XM25 shoulder-fired air-burst weapon program within 30 days unless it can justify the need for the weapon and […]
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ArmyArmy Launches Rapid Capabilities Office To Speed Fielding Of Emerging Technologies
The Army has established a Rapid Capabilities Office with special authority to circumvent the traditional acquisition process to speed needed technologies to soldiers in the field. Army Secretary Eric Fanning […]
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ArmyCourt Orders Army To Compete Final 16 Light Utility Helicopters
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Wednesday ordered the Army to compete the final 16 helicopters in its Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) program from 2006. Judge Susan Braden, in […]