Army
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ArmyGeneral Dynamics ‘Griffin’ Light Tank Concept Combines Three Programs Into One
Like its namesake mythical beast, the General Dynamics [GD] new Griffin medium tank is cobbled together to create a whole that is more than the sum of its constituent parts. […]
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ArmyMcMaster Calls For Army Investment In Close Combat
A key Army general is calling for the service to invest in close combat capabilities as the Army is set to emerge from a modernization pause. Army Capabilities Integration Center […]
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ArmyOpen Architecture Mission Systems Will Determine Success Of Army’s Future Vertical Lift Program
The success of the Army’s revolutionary new rotorcraft will depend on open architecture software standards that can be rapidly reconfigured as much if not more than on the aircraft design, according […]
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ArmyNext-Generation Of Defense Biometric Collection Devices Will Likely Be Off-The-Shelf, DoD Biometrics Lead Says
TAMPA, Fla.—By the time the Army decides on its next-generation of handheld and portable biometrics collection devices in the coming years, the choice will probably be for items that have […]
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ArmyArmy Readying Competition To Maintain And Upgrade Biometric Database
TAMPA, Fla.—The Defense Department this year is expected to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a contract to maintain and upgrade its existing biometric database, bringing the technology up […]
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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 […]