Army
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ArmyRaytheon-Boeing JAGM Team Two-For-Two In Government Test Shots
By Geoff Fein The Raytheon [RTN] and Boeing [BA] effort to develop the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) for the Army and Navy had a successful second test flight of its […]
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Air ForcePanel Blocks DoD From Reducing Funds For Vehicle Upgrades
By Emelie Rutherford A House panel is continuing to fight back Pentagon attempts to take away already-pegged-for Army vehicle upgrades. The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) in an Aug. 10 […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Develops Military 3G Network For Smart Phones
By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] is touting a new 3G broadband network for the military that will enable any government approved, commercially available smart phone to link in and […]
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Air ForceIndependent QDR Panel: Modernization Needs Call For Bigger DoD Budget
By Emelie Rutherford The overall size of the defense budget likely needs to be increased to modernize equipment, the heads of an independent panel that critiqued the Pentagon’s 2010 Quadrennial […]
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Air ForceHouse Sends Obama War Supplemental With $4.9 Billion In Procurement
By Emelie Rutherford The House, via a 308-114 vote, granted final congressional approval yesterday to the long-delayed war-funding bill, after lawmakers agreed to remove much of the domestic spending tacked on to […]
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Air ForceHAC-D Overrides Chairman, DoD In Backing F-35 Second Engine
By Emelie Rutherford A key House panel approved a $523.9 billion Pentagon spending bill yesterday with funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine, a move that could bode […]
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ArmyBoeing-Raytheon Team Complete First of Three Planned JAGM Shots
By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] and Boeing [BA] have wrapped up the first of three planned government-sponsored Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) firings at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., according to […]
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ArmyL-1 Introduces HIIDE 5, New Middleware Application
L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] has introduced a new version of its handheld multimodal biometric capture and identification system, the HIIDE 5, a small, 3.1 pound unit for high-volume remote enrollments. […]
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Air ForceSenate Appropriators Trim Overall Pentagon Budget By $8.1 Billion
By Emelie Rutherford A Senate budget-writing panel agreed yesterday to cut President Barack Obama’s proposed level of Pentagon funding, and a House committee could do the same thing next week. […]
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ArmyTextron Acquires Small Crane Co. Wireless Monitoring Unit
By Calvin Biesecker Textron [TXT] yesterday said its Textron Systems division has acquired a small business unit from Crane Co. [CR] that designs and builds wireless monitoring systems, including an […]