Army

General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said the Army awarded it a $243 million contract to produce and deliver an additional 115 Stryker combat vehicles equipped with double V hulls (DVH). The […]

The Australian Army yesterday said it has temporarily suspended flying operations for the CH-47D Chinook helicopter after identifying possible issues relating to the operation of the aircraft’s Advanced Flight Control […]

As the Army leaves Iraq and eventually Afghanistan, the force must retrain on the fundamentals that had to be put aside due to the urgencies of current conflict–and this means […]

BAE Systems yesterday said it received a $15.8 million contract to refurbish and upgrade 12 M109A5 howitzers for the Chilean Government through a foreign military sales contract.  “The howitzers will […]

ThalesRaytheonSystems yesterday said the Army will procure 56 Improved Sentinel Battlefield Air Defense AN/MPQ-64 Radars. "The Sentinel battlefield radar not only meets the needs of today’s soldier, but will grow […]

BAE Systems yesterday said the Defense Department ordered 70 BAE lightweight M777 howitzers to begin equipping the Army’s Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCT). Valued at $134 million, the order takes […]

On his first day on the job, the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey sent a letter to the joint force pointing to key […]

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey was sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff  Sept. 30, setting the stage for a nearly entirely new team leading the Department of […]

The Army request for proposals (RFP) for the Cerberus System, a suite of trailer mounted elevated sensors designed to provide persistent surveillance in a combat zone, is under way. The […]

Federal agents yesterday arrested employees and former employees of Boeing’s [BA] Ridley Park, Pa., plant as well as one non-employee “in a coordinated, long-term, undercover effort aimed at prescription drug […]