Army
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ArmyMany Issues Unresolved, Unclear Going Into HASC Full Committee Markup
The House Armed Services Committee will release its full Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act language Monday morning, which will include the marked-up subcommittee language passed April 30 and […]
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ArmyHASC Panel Wants Army AMPV Report,To Include Wheeled Medical Vehicle
Until congressional defense committees receive a report on the Army’s plan to replace M113 vehicles with Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles (AMPV), including a look at a wheeled medical variant, a House […]
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ArmyArmy Wants Information On Hard Kill Countermeasures For Ground Vehicles
By May 21, the Army wants industry responses to a Request for Information (RFI) for a ground vehicle active protection hard kill counter measures (HKCM) system. The RFI from Army […]
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ArmyCubic Defense Systems To Continue Support For U.K. Simulator
Cubic Corp.’s [CUB] Defense Systems unit April 29 said it was awarded a three-year, $35 million contract for support and repair of the Area Weapons Effects Simulator (AWES) system at […]
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ArmyArmy Decision Waiving AMPV Competitive Prototyping ‘Sound,’ GAO Says
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) looked at the Army’s rationale for waiving the competitive prototyping requirement for the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) program, and found it “sound.” The Army could […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin To Build Electric Laser For Army Demonstrator
Lockheed Martin [LMT] April 24 said the Army awarded it a $25 million contract to design, build and test a 60-kilowatt electric laser to be integrated and tested in a […]
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ArmyArmy Requests Information From Industry On NIE Capability Gap Strategies
Industry has until May 9 to respond to four Requests for Information (RFI) to aid the Army in determining if it should pursue Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) strategies to address […]
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ArmyArmy, Sikorsky Successfully Demonstrate ‘Optionally Piloted’ Black Hawk Flight
With the Army, Sikorsky [UTX] has successfully demonstrated optionally piloted flight of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, something the company calls a significant step toward providing autonomous cargo delivery function […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin JLTV Rolls Up 100,000 Miles In EMD Testing
The Lockheed Martin [LMT] team April 21 said its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) has achieved 100,000 miles in the government’s Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) […]
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Air ForceDoD Reports Four Programs With Nunn-McCurdy Breaches
The Defense Department reported four programs in its 2013 Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) summary with critical or significant Nunn-McCurdy unit cost breaches to their current or original Acquisition Program Baseline […]