Army

By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle launched immediate campaigns yesterday to reverse Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ proposed reduction in missile-defense funding, termination of the F-22 jet’s […]

By Emelie Rutherford Navistar Defense LLC, one of the companies competing to build a new all-terrain Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (M-ATV), filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office […]

By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] is exploring a variant of its Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR), currently in use by British forces in Afghanistan, as a potential platform for the Army’s […]

ATK [ATK] yesterday announced it will continue to operate the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) for an additional four years under a contract from the Army Contracting Command, Rock […]

AeroVironment‘s (AV) [AVAV] RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) recently demonstrated 30 hours of persistent surveillance of a point target. The Army SUAS Product Manager and AV at Camp […]

By Geoff Fein The Joint Staff is working a number of challenges, from bringing together the services’ netcentric efforts under one umbrella, to developing data standards, all meant to ensure […]

Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] recently said it received an Army contract to modify an additional 27 OH-58D helicopters under the Kiowa Warrior Safety Enhancement Program (SEP). The Army has been […]

By Ann Roosevelt Robotics technology could potentially relieve some of the burden on soldiers, who have seen an increased operational tempo over the past several years with no end in […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon’s major acquisition programs have exceeded their original estimates by $296 billion, a level that has decreased since last year yet still is "staggering" and indicates […]

By Geoff Fein General Dynamics [GD] is relying on open sources for its Network Exploitation Test Tool (NETT) to provide the Army with the same type of threats the service […]