Army

AeroVironment (AV) (AVAV) yesterday announced cumulative program funding of more than $120 million with the government exercise of an option to build a third Global Observer aircraft for the Joint […]

By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) is emerging as a frontrunner to take over the spot of House Armed Services Committee (HASC) ranking member from John McHugh (R-N.Y.), whom […]

By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT], SAIC [SAI], General Dynamics [GD] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] will support U.S. Joint Forces Command’s (JFCOM) joint concept development and experimentation directorate under two […]

By Ann Roosevelt WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M.–Technical Field Tests (TFT) are under way for the Army’s most mature Future Combat System (FCS) equipment leading to limited soldier testing in […]

General Dynamics’ [GD] Land Systems-Canada yesterday said it was awarded a contract valued at more than $150 million to General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products to qualify and produce reactive […]

By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) trainers this month are in Djibouti to assess the effectiveness of pre-deployment training for the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army May 19 delivered a $952.8 million list of 18 unfunded requirements for the fiscal year 2010 president’s budget request. The list ranges from $179 million […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Army’s top officer pledged yesterday to fight requirements growth with its morphing manned-ground-vehicle program, as a senior lawmaker warned money will not be available to absorb […]

By Ann Roosevelt VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.— U.S. Joint Forces Command’s (USJFCOM) Joint Irregular Warfare Center (JIWC) reaches into all areas of the command to ensure the joint force is as […]

By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] and SAIC [SAI] yesterday said the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program last week successfully completed its System of Systems Preliminary Design Review (SoS PDR). FCS […]