Army
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ArmyATK Garners More Than $100 Million For Ammunition Production And Development
ATK [ATK] Wednesday said it received several domestic contracts totaling more than $112 million for medium- and large-caliber ammunition production and development for ammunition to arm aircraft such as the […]
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Air ForceSeven Firms Selected To Support Joint Force Development
Seven companies–General Dynamics Information Technology [GD], Booz Allen Hamilton, Northrop Grumman [NOC], Capstone Corp., SAIC [SAI], Lockheed Martin [LMT] MacAulay-Brown Inc.–all are awarded a five-year, potential $876 million, cost-plus fixed-fee, […]
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ArmyThe Army May Not Be A Business, But Must Have ‘World Class’ Business Practices, General Says
The Army has many characteristics of a business–if its budget were revenue it would be in the Fortune Top 20–but the leader of the land force’s Office of Business Transformation […]
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ArmyArmy Prepares To Move Into LRIP For General Dynamics Manpack Radios
The Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) intends a sole source solicitation to General Dynamics C4 Systems [GD] to procure Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Manpack Radios (AN/PRC-155). The Manpack […]
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ArmyGAO Finds Army Is Using Competition In Select Network Programs
The Army is incorporating competition in various ways for most of the nine tactical networking acquisition programs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) scrutinized, though recommendations were not made in the […]
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ArmyEmpirical Data, Reports, Should Drive Discussions, Decisions On The Future of the National Guard: Rep. Walz
Tensions are high between the active Army and the National Guard as the Army reduces combat operations, faces new challenges and a restrictive budget, but hard data can make the […]
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ArmyArmy to Study Costs of Core Functions as ERPs Make Cost-Aggregation Easier
The Army will begin a pilot program to identify the true costs of its core functions so the service can better control those costs, the director of the Office of […]
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ArmySenate’s Defense Bill Protects Ground Vehicle Industry, National Guard
Much like its House counterparts, the Senate Armed Services Committee deviated from the Pentagon’s acquisition request not to alter military strategy but rather to protect the industrial base and the […]
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ArmyDynCorp International, Red River Army Depot, Sign Agreement To Enhance Life Cycle Support
DynCorp International (DI) May 20 said it signed an agreement with the Army’s Red River Army Depot (RRAD) to enhance DI’s land systems life cycle support capabilities. Through this Public/Private […]
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ArmyExcalibur Ib Successful In IOT&E Testing
Raytheon [RTN] and the Army yesterday said they completed Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) for Excalibur Ib during a series of successful tests. IOT&E is administered by the Army’s […]