Army

BAE Systems has demonstrated the capability of its Rokar Silver Bullet artillery shell retrofit to turn any conventional indirect fire round into a precision-guided munition, the company said May 11. […]

A plan set forth by congressional Republicans to fund the defense budget through protected war spending will not be sufficient to tackle the Army’s modernization needs, an effort which in […]

The Army recently fired the Excalibur 1b guided munition with the M109A2/A3 self-propelled howitzer, demonstrating the round’s compatibility with the internationally ubiquitous artillery cannon, prime contractor Raytheon [RTN] said on […]

The chief of the National Guard Bureau asked the Senate Appropriations committee this week to hold off on transferring the remainder of the Army National Guard’s AH-64 Apache helicopter fleet […]

ManTech International [MANT] was awarded two contracts worth up to $7.2 billion by the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Commands (INSCOM) to provide global intelligence support services (GISS), the company […]

The Army plans to award a contract to Lockheed Martin [LMT] next month to begin full-rate production of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead (AW), a service […]

Faster modernization of the Army National Guard’s aging UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter fleet and reports investigating the F-35’s engine and logistics system are among the proposed additions to the defense […]

The Army will fall well short of a congressional goal that one-third of U.S. military ground combat vehicles be unmanned by 2015, according to a service official. The Army has […]

An Army official expressed confidence April 8 that the service can develop a lightweight set of tiny air and ground reconnaissance robots that a soldier easily carries and deploys on […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has submitted its proposal to the Army for the next phase of the Joint Air-to-Ground (JAGM) program, while potential rival Raytheon [RTN] has decided not to enter […]