Army

The House passed a $530 billion Pentagon spending plan last Friday, via a 336-87 vote, that is $8.9 billion smaller than President Barack Obama’s proposal and faces a veto threat […]

Reprogramming Rundown. The Pentagon’s $5 billion omnibus reprogramming request, dated June 30 and now before Congress, seeks to shift money for varied vehicle efforts including $51 million for 14 more […]

Oshkosh Corp.’s [OSK] Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles (OSV) yesterday said it completed the move of its manufacturing, engineering and product development operations to Clearwater and Bradenton, Fla.  Both facilities are ISO […]

General Dynamics UK [GD], the prime contractor for the Ministry of Defence’s Scout SV program, yesterday said it selected Thales UK to supply the primary and secondary sighting systems for […]

White Sands Missile Range, N.M.–The Army’s oft-stated number one priority, the network, is undergoing its first major integrated evaluation in the West Texas desert, in what is expected to become […]

The House worked through proposed defense budget amendments yesterday related to war spending and Libya, yet shied away from substantive debate on weapon systems. The chamber continued debating the $530 […]

General Dynamics’ [GD] AxleTech International said the company’s St. Etienne, France, facility has delivered the first drivetrain and suspension components to Force Protection Europe Ltd. (FPE) for the United Kingdom’s […]

The Australian Defense Force (ADF) is about to embark on the largest disposal of military equipment since World War II–replacing or upgrading as much as 85 percent of its equipment […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it recently delivered the first VNsight production unit for the Army’s AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter, which adds a low-light-level display capability to the Apache’s combat-proven […]

Private equity investor and sometimes corporate raider Carl Icahn has acquired a 9.5 percent stake in Oshkosh Truck Corp. [OSK], the diversified manufacturer of commercial, defense and emergency trucks and […]