Army
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ArmyNew IMU Brings Increased Reliability To Raytheon Excalibur Ia-1
Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said it successfully fired nine Excalibur Ia-1 precision-guided projectiles from a Paladin gun system using a new Atlantic Inertial Systems (AIS) unit July 31 at Yuma Proving […]
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Army
Exploring Opportunities, DoD Holds JLTV International Conference
By Ann Roosevelt The Defense Department and the Army last month co-sponsored a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) international conference to learn more about the future vehicle and to explore […]
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Army
Sec Army Pick McHugh Pledges To Help Fully Implement New Acquisition Reforms
By Emelie Rutherford Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.), President Obama’s nominee for Army secretary, pledged at his confirmation hearing last week to help fully implement the new acquisition reform act he […]
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Army
Oshkosh Snags Order For 1,700 More M-ATVs.
By Emelie Rutherford The Navy ordered 1,700 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs) from Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] on July 31. The contracting award, worth $1.1 billion, come after the […]
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Air ForceHouse Axes F-22 Funds Before Passing DoD Approps Bill
By Emelie Rutherford The House dealt a major blow to the waning effort to extend production of F-22s yesterday by stripping from the fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations bill, by […]
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Army
Textron to Build More Armored Security Vehicles For The Army
Textron’s [TXT] Marine & Land Systems recently announced a new letter contract potentially valued at $200 million for the Armored Security Vehicle (ASV). The contract, with $99 million currently funded […]
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Army
EADS North America Successfully Completes UH-72A High/Hot Flights
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) North America yesterday announced it completed a series of successful "high/hot" flight demonstrations of its UH- 72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), meeting […]
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Army
Boeing And SkyHook International Announce Major Milestone
Boeing [BA] and SkyHook International Inc. yesterday announced that the design of the SkyHook Heavy Lift Vehicle (HLV) has reached the configuration freeze milestone, meaning the aircraft’s overall performance and […]
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Army
Lockheed Martin Receives Lot 6 Contract For Apache Arrowhead System
The Army awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $142 million follow-on production contract for the Apache Arrowheadr system, the combat-proven, Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) for the […]
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Army
Army Future Force Integration Directorate Broadens Mission
By Ann Roosevelt The Army is continuing and expanding the work of the Future Force Integration Directorate (FFID) and it’s Evaluation Task Force (AETF) far beyond its initial work for […]