Army
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ArmyU.S. Army Orders 12 New UH-72A Helicopters For $65.8 Million
Airbus Helicopters received a $65.8 million order in contract options for 12 additional UH-72A Lakota helicopters and associated mission equipment packages, the company said Thursday. The original contract associated with […]
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ArmyArmy’s Modular Missile Defense System Successfully Intercepts Target Drone
The Army on Thursday morning successfully demonstrated the ability of its Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) system to identify, track and destroy an incoming cruise missile. Just before 10:30 […]
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ArmyArmy Commanders Lack Clarity On Defensive And Offensive Cyber Capabilities
The Army is increasingly dependent on the service-wide communications network that provides units and commanders at all levels the information needed to perform its various missions, but the complex network […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin Precision Munitions Complete Reliability Tests
Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary munitions successfully completed stockpile reliability tests using a High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin’s Supplemental JLTV Protests Won’t Affect Timeline of GAO Decision
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has filed two supplemental protests to its original protest on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle award, but that is unlikely to delay the adjudication timeline for the […]
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ArmyArmy Investigation to Determine Future of JLENS
Days after an embarrassing mishap when a Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensors (JLENS) aerostat broke free of its tether and drifted away, the Pentagon has suspended […]
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ArmyArmy Demand For Open Architecture Systems Growing, But Much Work Still Ahead
As technologies develop at a quicker pace than ever before, it will be critical for the Army to invent open architecture weapons, computers and equipment that can be quickly upgraded […]
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Air ForceWeapons Programs Take a Hit After Lawmakers Reduce NDAA by $5 Billion
The Air Force’s new bomber, Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and MQ-9 Reaper were among the weapons programs affected when lawmakers on Monday evening chopped $5 billion from the National Defense Authorization […]
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ArmyBAE Nets $245 Million Contract To Finish Initial Paladin Production
The Army has awarded BAE Systems a $245.3 million contract to wrap up low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the M109A7 self-propelled howitzer and M992A3 ammunition carrier. The company already was […]
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ArmyU.S. Army To Purchase Seven More Q-53 Radar Systems
The Army said it will buy seven more Lockheed Martin [LMT] AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) Radar Systems for $85 million, the company said Monday. The Q-53 is a solid-state phased array counterfire […]