Army
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ArmyBattelle Expands SOCOM Work With $170 Million Deal For Armored Pickups
Battelle has won a $170 million contract to build armored pickup trucks for U.S. Special Operations Command. The company already holds a contract for SOCOM’s non-standard commercial vehicles (NSCV), trucks […]
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ArmyU.S. Army Cyber Command Designated As Army Service Component Command
The Department of the Army designated U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) as an Army Service Component Command (ASCC) on July 11, the Army said Friday. This designation, signed by Secretary […]
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ArmyLockheed Enters Patriot Radar Replacement Fray
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Friday tossed its hat into the still-unofficial program to develop an upgrade to Patriot missile defense radars. The Army on July 6 issued a request for […]
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ArmyArmy’s Acquisition Force Chief: Communication, Computer Technologies Require Open Architecture
Lt. Gen. Michael Williamson, the Army’s senior uniformed weapons buyer and chief of its acquisition force on Thursday made a clear, concise case for the implementation of open architectures in […]
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ArmyArmy To Award First Cloud Computing Contract In September
The Army plans to award a contract in September to a commercial computing company that will consolidate 11 of its physical data centers into a single data-storage cloud. Under a […]
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ArmyAll New Army Equipment Soon Must Meet Baseline Open Architecture Standards
The Army is requiring modular, open systems architectures for any new gear with computing or communications components to enhance interoperability and ensure its ability to upgrade equipment as technologies emerge. […]
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ArmyU.S. Army Awards LONGBOW LLC $90 Million Contract To Upgrade Helicopter Fire Control Radar
LONGBOW LLC won a $90 million U.S. Army contract to upgrade the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter’s LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR), Lockheed Martin said Wednesday. LONGBOW is a joint venture […]
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ArmyArmy’s Modernization Journey Begins With Dumping Old Platforms
Before the Army can modernize its vehicles and equipment, it has to identify legacy gear and then free up money by unceremoniously getting rid of what it no longer needs, […]
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ArmyAdditional 560 U.S. Troops Will Expand Airfield Operations In Iraq
An additional 560 U.S. troops will be sent to Iraq where they will establish airfield operations in support of Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State militants. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter […]
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ArmyArmy Seeks Nearly $30 Million Boost To Buy Vehicle Active Protection Systems
Included in an Army request to shuffle $916 million in fiscal year 2016 dollars among accounts is $27.8 million to fast track the purchase and installation of active protection systems […]