Army
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ArmyCombat Vehicle Manufacturers See Ripe Market For Capability Enhancements In Europe
The world’s largest land-warfare trade show begins next week in Paris with all eyes trained eastward toward NATO’s border with Russia, which in the two years since the last Eurosatory […]
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ArmyArmy Works To Upgrade Textron’s Shadow As Drone Design Reaches Millionth Flying Hour
The Army is embarking on a campaign to incrementally upgrade the performance and operational capability of the RQ-7 Shadow unmanned aerial system, which it plans to fly for at least […]
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ArmyArmy Achieves Number Of Firsts In JAGM Program
The Army last week achieved a number of firsts in the Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM) program, including first full flight test, first aerial flight test and the first […]
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Air ForceMcCain’s $17 Billion Amendment to NDAA Adds Billions For Aircraft, Ship Procurement
When Senate lawmakers return this June from Memorial Day recess, they will have to contend with the more than 190 amendments to the 2017 defense authorization bill that have been filed Of […]
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ArmyRaytheon, UVision Team Eye Army Kamikaze UAS Contract
The Army is in the market for an upgraded kamikaze drone for dismounted infantry and Special Operations Forces, another step to delivering miniature guided munitions to the individual soldier. The […]
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Air ForceShipbuilders Win Out as Senate Appropriators Add Funds For Icebreaker to Spending Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s $574.5 billion defense spending bill, which the defense subcommittee (SAC-D) approved Tuesday, contained a big surprise: $1 billion in Navy shipbuilding funds to accelerate construction of […]
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Air ForceStudy: U.S. Military Needs More Cheap Missile Interceptors To Win Salvo Equation Against Peer Adversary
The U.S. military can count on facing guided missiles in its next high-end conflict, but it is not prepared to defend against massed, relatively inexpensive precision weapons. A new study […]
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Air ForceHouse Passes 2017 Defense Authorization Bill
In a 277-147 vote, the House passed the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act after a late night session where Republican lawmakers successfully fended off attacks to the budget’s topline […]
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ArmyGD Wins $184 Million U.S. Army Europe Contract To Provide Enterprise IT
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded General Dynamics [GD] a contract worth upward of $184 million over five years to deliver information technology (IT) services for United States Army […]
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ArmyFiscal Reality Challenges Ambitious Army Aircraft Modernization Plan
ATLANTA–On a bright and sunny late April day, Army Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Aviation Brig. Gen. Bob Marion took the main stage to explain his grand vision of what […]