Army

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 […]

Army Space and Missile Defense
Command/Army Forces Strategic Command revealed its High Energy Laser
 Technology Demonstrator ( HEL TD) with the recently completed laser beam control 
system integrated on a tactical […]

The Army is pushing hard to meet the ever-increasing demand for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) of all sizes and payloads as combat flight hours mount for the smallest systems to […]

U.K. Defence Secretary Liam Fox outlined a new vision of how a reformed military should be structured and managed, including giving service chiefs increased power over their budgets and creating […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently received a $184.3 million contract from the  Army for 29 Persistent Threat Detection Systems (PTDS) to support coalition forces in Afghanistan, the company said. In 2010, […]

Textron Systems [TXT] said yesterday that the  Army has exercised a contract option of $49.6 million for 65 additional M1117 Armored Security Vehicles (ASV). The ASVs will be manufactured at […]

Boeing [BA] yesterday said it recently completed system integration of key components for the Army’s High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD). The integration included installation of the Beam Control […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is proposing an array of Pentagon acquisition reforms, ranging from measures targeting weapon systems’ testing and operations costs to contractors’ compensation and political activities. […]