Army

BAE Systems yesterday said it has received a $75 million order from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to produce and deliver hard armor inserts used to protect Soldiers and other […]

Customs and Border Protection is evaluating a radar developed for the Defense Department for use on its Predator Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to better monitor vehicle and personnel movement on […]

The Defense Department’s plan to use Fiscal Year 2012 funds for a reduced program for Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) or for contract termination costs is expected to be […]

Sens. Robert Casey (D-Pa.,) Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) have written their colleagues on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) in favor of continuing funding for Abrams tanks […]

Harris [HRS] is a major player as the Army’s Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 12.2 communication exercise kicks off today at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., a company official said. Soldiers […]

General Dynamics’ [GD] Ordnance and Tactical Systems and Germany’s Rheinmetall Defence have formed a tank ammunition joint venture company named Defense Munitions International LLC (DMI). The new company will develop […]

Boeing [BA] is gearing up for the deployment of its A-160T Hummingbird to Afghanistan this summer under an Army intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance (ISR) program, even as the unmanned helicopter […]

Australian-based Sentient yesterday said it successfully demonstrated its Desert Owl, a software solution that automatically indicates movement and changes in electro-optical (EO) full motion video (FMV) imagery captured by ground […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] this week said it has been awarded the G3 Training and Readiness Support Service contract with a ceiling value of $89 million and a three-year period of […]

U.S. Army South’s Beyond the Horizon 2012 (BTH) exercise now is deploying deploying military engineers and medical professionals to Guatemala and Honduras serving rural communities and providing training. Opening ceremonies […]