Army

By Emelie Rutherford The House and a Senate panel defied the White House yesterday and authorized adding money to the Pentagon’s policy bill for F-22 fighter jets and a second […]

By Ann Roosevelt Congress has the last word on the future of the Army’ Future Combat System (FCS) Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C), though the Pentagon’s acquisition chief has directed that work […]

By Ann Roosevelt Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter yesterday issued an acquisition decision memorandum (ADM) that brings to an end the Future Combat System (FCS) in its current form. "I […]

Boeing [BA] yesterday announced a successful demonstration of AH-64D Apache Block III prototype helicopter Level IV unmanned aircraft system (UAS) connectivity June 8 during a flight test over the Arizona […]

By Ann Roosevelt As part of Army modernization, the Future Combat System (FCS) Common Controller is in development to replace the unique controllers now associated with individual systems, a servic […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate in a 91-5 vote last night granted final approval to a $106 billion supplemental war-funding bill that adds funding for cargo planes and armored vehicles […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army deems "successful" an unprecedented Blue Ribbon Panel to include input from people within and outside the military about what a future ground vehicle (GCV) should […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) marked up the fiscal year 2010 defense authorization bill yesterday, spending most of the daylight hours debating unsuccessful Republican attempts to […]

By Ann Roosevelt Moving Future Combat System (FCS) funds away from the Army budget in the wake of Defense Secretary Gates’ cancellation of the Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV) would endanger […]

By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) is creating a National Program For Small Unit Excellence in response to the demands of the Afghanistan strategy that emphasizes small high- […]