Army
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ArmyLongbow Fire Control Radar EU Takes Successful Flight On Apache Block III
The Longbow Limited Liability Co., a joint venture of Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Lockheed Martin [LMT], said the recent first powered flight of the Radar Electronics Unit (REU) configuration of […]
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ArmyMEADS International Taps Steven Barnoske As New President
The MEADS International Board of Directors announced Steven Barnoske April 1 succeeded Jim Cravens as president of the international joint venture developing the next generation of ground-mobile air and missile […]
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ArmyForce Protection Inc. And NP Aerospace To Build More U.K. Wolfhounds
Force Protection Inc. (FRPT) and NP Aerospace Limited, a subsidiary of The Morgan Crucible Company plc, this week jointly announced an approximately $122.6 million award for 97 Wolfhound heavy tactical […]
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ArmyRetain And Accelerate Army FCS Spin Out, Gates Recommends
By Ann Roosevelt Potential sweeping changes in defense priorities would not necessarily change the Army’s initial technology spin out of its $160 billion Future Combat Systems (FCS) modernization program. "We […]
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Army‘Improved Arrow’ Test Successful, Israel Says
By B.C. Kessner With recent events and speeches nudging missile defense back toward center stage, Israel made a statement of its own Tuesday with a successful test of an "improved" […]
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ArmySoldiers Complete First Limited User Test of WIN-T Increment 2
This week, soldiers of the Army’s 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division in Fort Lewis, Wash., and 3rd Infantry Division in Fort Stewart, Ga., completed a Limited User Test (LUT) of […]
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Air ForceLawmakers Balk At Proposed Hits To Missile Defense, F-22, FCS
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 […]
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ArmyRestructure Army Future Combat System, Gates Recommends
By Ann Roosevelt Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recommends canceling the potentially more than $87 billion manned ground vehicle (MGV) portion of the Army’s top modernization program, the Future Combat […]
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ArmyNavistar Protests Government Evaluation In Ongoing M-ATV Competition
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 […]
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ArmyRaytheon’s ASTOR Showing Benefits For U.K. Troops In Afghanistan
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 […]