Army

By Dave Ahearn The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, missile defense system Tuesday night scored another successful hit against a target missile, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said. […]

By Calvin Biesecker A cross-industry alliance of technology firms has been created to promote a standard for wireless data that is used in technology that tracks shipments by the U.S. […]

By Ann Roosevelt For the first time, a solid-state laser (SSL) has reached weapons grade power of interest to the Army as a Northrop Grumman [NOC] laser produced more than […]

L-3 Communications [LLL] yesterday said it has been selected as one of multiple awardees for the Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Omnibus Contract (STOC II). The […]

By Emelie Rutherford A House subcommittee postponed a hearing scheduled for yesterday on the Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) program because the panel’s chairman is sick. The hearing will be […]

By Ann Roosevelt The House Armed Services Committee today learns more about the Army-disputed Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) latest report on the services’ top modernization program, the Future Combat System […]

General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems announced this week it has been awarded a $33 million contract to purchase long-lead materials for the production of 140 M1A1 SA (Situational Awareness) tanks […]

Force Dynamics LLC, a joint venture between Force Protection Inc. (FRPT) and General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems, on Wednesday said it was awarded a $1 million contract for two Cheetah […]

By Ann Roosevelt In the latest of its continuing series of examinations of the Army’s Future Combat System (FCS) program, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) suggests Congress hold off on […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Future Combat Systems Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System (NLOS LS) Precision Attack Missile (PAM) on March 6 successfully flew its fifth guided test flight at White Sands Missile […]