Army

By Emelie Rutherford An official overseeing the purchase of new all-terrain mine-resistant trucks said yesterday he is "pretty confident" Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] will build all 5,244 planned vehicles over the […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army is working collaboratively and in sync with U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) and the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) as it revises its modernization strategy […]

By Emelie Rutherford Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] beat four competitors for the first order for new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs) designed for Afghanistan’s terrain, though the Pentagon still […]

The Army’s Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) has issued two Requests for Proposals (RFP) for two contract vehicles worth a potential $485 million combined that would permit various work […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon is expected to order as soon as today thousands of a new off-road variety of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) for troops in […]

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 […]