Army

A key House panel approved a defense budget yesterday that gives the Pentagon funding it did not request to prevent a temporary shutdown of three vehicles’ production lines, a move […]

Two key House panels are proposing to add funding to the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2013 budget this week for equipment including a submarine, Navy cruisers, and unmanned aircraft. The House […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS], the United States-based division of Britain’s QinetiQ, and Wyle have formed a joint venture to pursue a rapid design, demonstration and integration program in […]

The General Tactical Vehicle (GTV) Joint Venture between General Dynamics [GD] and AM General continues work on its Army-Marine Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) offering while the government moves through […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] this week said it successfully conducted the first launch of a Shadow Hawk precision-guided weapon recently from a Shadow 200 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), achieving a direct […]

DynCorp International, Force Protection Industries [GD], Oshkosh Defense [OSK] and McLane Advanced Technologies yesterday unveiled a new joint venture, Mission Readiness, to compete for a potential $3 billion-plus contract for […]

The Army has qualified an ITT Exelis [XLS] goggle and awarded a $49.5 million production option for more than 3,800 units. The Spiral Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (SENVG), designated AN/PSQ-20A, […]

AeroVironment Inc. [AVAV] yesterday said in March it received a $3.6 million firm fixed-price order from the Marines through an existing Army contract. The order includes RQ-11B Raven® small unmanned […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said the Army awarded it $391 million in production orders for a new radar system that gives soldiers with enhanced 360-degree protection from rocket, mortar and […]

The Army is adjusting its 2008 Human Dimension Concept looking for better ways to understand and develop soldiers and leaders to be agile, adaptive and resilient for full spectrum operations […]