Army

The Army and Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Thursday destroyed a ballistic missile using the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) in its first flight test, according […]

When Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno retires this fall, he leaves to his successor a legacy of uncertainty in end strength, modernization, funding and the service’s role in […]

Sikorsky’s prototype S-97 Raider coaxial-rotor helicopter flew for the first time May 22 at the company’s West Palm Beach, Fla., facility. During the hour-long flight, Chief Pilot Bill Fell and […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Thursday approved its markup of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill in a 22-4 vote. Although the bill would fully fund controversial […]

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on May 13 announced the nominations of Gen. Mark Milley as the next Army Chief of Staff and Adm. John Richardson to become Chief of […]

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 […]