Army
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ArmyCanada Selected Northrop Grumman To Provide Infrared Countermeasure System For Chinooks
The Royal Canadian Air Force selected Northrop Grumman [NOC] to provide infrared missile protection countermeasures on its fleet of CH-14F Chinook helicopters, the company said on Wednesday. The company is […]
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ArmyGD Wins $23 Million Contract For Buffalo A2 M1272 Vehicle Upgrades
General Dynamics [GD] was awarded a $23 million contract for updates and revisions to logistic requirements and data, except provisioning, for the Buffalo A2 M1272 vehicle by the U.S. Army […]
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ArmySanchez Wants Replacement For Army’s M4 and M4A1 Rifles
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) said Thursday she wants a replacement for the Army and Marine Corps’ M4 and M4A1 standard-issue rifles. “I will continue down this warpath of trying to […]
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ArmyThe Netherlands Requests $1.05 Billion In CH-47F Cargo Helicopters
The State Department last week approved a possible $1.05 billion Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request to the Netherlands for 17 CH-47F cargo helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical […]
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ArmyDynCorp International To Continue Aviation Maintenance Services in Afghanistan
DynCorp International Tuesday said the Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM) awarded the company a $56 million contract modification to continue providing aviation maintenance services in Afghanistan […]
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ArmyOdierno Adds Details For Larger Role For Service Chiefs In Acquisition
The service chiefs should have more input in the acquisition process, and change the message to the workforce, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno told the Senate Armed Services […]
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Air ForceEnhance Service Chiefs’ Role In Acquisition, Odierno Tells HASC
Bolstering the role of service chiefs in acquisition would help make procurement more effective, the Army Chief of Staff told the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). “I’d like to see […]
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ArmyArmy Awards Boeing $714 Million Contract For CH-47F Chinooks
The Army on Friday awarded Boeing [BA] a contract modification worth nearly $714 million for 26 remanufactured CH-47F Chinook helicopters, four new CH-47s and the option of building two more […]
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ArmyArmy Saved $2 Billion By Reducing Contractor Support, Officials Say
For more than a decade, the Army has relied heavily on contractor support in Iraq, Afghanistan and at home to free soldiers for military tasks, but now that support is […]
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ArmyGeneral Dynamics To Upgrade MUOS Waveform
General Dynamics [GD] Tuesday said it received an Army contract with a potential total value of $13 million to support upgrades to the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) waveform used […]