Army
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ArmyArmy Clarifies GCV Acquisition Adjustment
In the wake of some uncertainty about acquisition timelines for the Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) arising from budget documents, the Army clarified extensions for two phases of the program. […]
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Army
Army Buys More AeroVironment RQ-11B Raven Systems
AeroVironment Inc.(AVAV) yesterday said it received $13.8 million in incremental funding on March 30 from the Army for continued performance of a contract action with a not-to-exceed value of $65.5 […]
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Army
Army Base Budget Request $129.7 Billion, Network Still Highest Priority
The Army’s fiscal year 2014 base budget request of $129.7 billion is down $4.9 billion over the land force’s request for FY ’13, with the network continuing to be the […]
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Army
Bell Helicopter Reveals Tiltrotor As JMR Vertical Lift Tech Demonstrator
Bell Helicopter [TXT] yesterday unveiled the Bell V-280 ValorTM, it is tiltrotor offering for the Joint Multi Role/Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Technology Demonstrator (JMR/TD). “The introduction of the Bell V-280 […]
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Army
Army Supports GCV Program, Contractors Forging Ahead
The Army’s fiscal year 2014 budget request continues to support modernization leading to technological advantage, requesting $592.2 million for continued research, development, test and evaluation of the restructured Ground Combat […]
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Army
Ballistic Missile Defense FY ’14 Budget Requests $9.2 billion
The Obama administration’s missile defense priorities in the fiscal year 2014 budget total some $9.2 billion, which includes $7.6 billion for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), while making key changes […]
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Air ForceNSA Certifies General Dynamics’ New Network Encryptor
The National Security Agency (NSA) recently certified General Dynamics‘ [GD] new ProtecD@R Network (KG-202) data-at-rest encryptor to secure information classified at the Top Secret level and below on removable and […]
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Air Force
Rebalance Special Operations Forces, Reduce ‘Whack-a-Mole’ Role, Report Says
Success and secrecy surrounding U.S. special operations missions around the world–such as the death of Osama bin Laden and the capture of Saddam Hussein– lean too far toward short-term goals […]
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Army
DoD Certifies Funds For MEADS Proof of Concept Completion
Funding is available to complete the design and development Proof of Concept of the U.S.-German and Italian missile defense effort, the Medium Extended Air and Missile Defense System (MEADS), Defense […]
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Army
L-3 Link Receives First Export Sale of Rotary Wing Operational Flight Trainers
L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) [LLL] yesterday said it was awarded a contract from the Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) to build […]