Army

By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] began issuing advance layoff notices Friday to employees involved in the Army’s Future Combat System (FCS), one of the repercussions from the restructure of part […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House’s lead defense budget writer unveiled a $508 billion Pentagon spending proposal yesterday that funds two aircraft efforts the White House has dubbed veto bait along […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army Vice Chief of Staff and other service leaders yesterday were to hear insights gathered from a mid-June Blue Ribbon panel considering a new ground combat […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday announced the Army awarded a follow-on Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract with a potential value of $89 million in 2009 to support the Target Acquisition Designation […]

Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] yesterday said it will add approximately 1,000 workers in a major employment buildup consisting of new hires and recalls that will maximize operations to supply MRAP All […]

By Ann Roosevelt Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] will research next generation diesel-electric and hybrid-electric drive technologies to improve fuel efficiency and on- board power capability, officials said. "We have ongoing programs […]

A million dollar international competition challenging research organizations to build fully autonomous ground robots that could operate effectively in military operations was announced yesterday by Australia’s Minister for Defence Personnel, […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army’s move to modular brigade combat teams (BCT) raises questions about cost, capability, equipment and personnel that the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) wants examined in […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) does not recommending funding a National Program for Small Unit Excellence–developed over the past several months by U.S. Joint Forces Command […]

Canada yesterday said it has approved a potential $856 million upgrade program for the LAV III family of vehicles, and General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems-Canada will be the prime contractor […]