Army
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ArmyNorthrop Grumman Wins Army Contract For Biometric Intel Gathering
By Calvin Biesecker Northrop Grumman [NOC] said yesterday it has received a potential $39.6 million contract from the Army to redesign and enhance an intelligence gathering and distribution system that […]
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Air ForceExperts See Deep Cuts Coming In Defense Procurement, Myriad Programs At Risk
Defense procurement programs face huge budget cuts, not only in fiscal 2010 but even more in 2011 and the out years, with an immense array of programs in each of […]
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ArmyRevisit Force Structure Plans, U.S. Army Europe General Requests
By Ann Roosevelt To meet its operational requirements and build partnership capacities, the commander of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) has asked that current plans to move two brigades back to […]
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Air ForceAugustine: United States Can Afford First-Rate Space, Defense Programs, But Doesn’t Out Of Stinginess, Wrong Priorities
Betting On Super Bowl Rivals The Missile Defense Budget; Pornography Spending Equals Recent NASA Budgets The United States fails to provide adequate funding for major space, missile defense and weapons […]
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ArmyNorthrop Grumman Delivers 500th Command Post Platform Shelter System
Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday delivered the 500th Command Post Platform (CPP) shelter system to the Army during a ceremony at the company’s Huntsville, Ala. facility. "This accomplishment is a tribute […]
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ArmyGAO Denies JLTV Northrop Grumman, Textron Protests, Stop Work Orders Lifted
By Ann Roosevelt The Government Accountability Office (GAO) yesterday denied protests by Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] and Textron [TXT] of the Army awards of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program […]
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ArmyCAC Fuels Change In The Army, General Says
By Ann Roosevelt The Army’s Combined Arms Center leads change as the service moves to become more adaptable and flexible in the changing strategic environment, according to the commanding general. […]
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ArmyRaytheon’s JLENS CDR Successful, Program Moves Forward
By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon‘s [RTN] Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) successfully conducted a critical design review (CDR), a key milestone for the Army’s cruise […]
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Air ForceIrregular Warfare Must Become a Core Competency, General Says
By Ann Roosevelt Facing the complexity and uncertainty of military operations in the 21st century, the military must make superiority in irregular warfare a core capability, according to a top […]
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ArmyLawmaker Seeks Army Input On Earmarks
By Emelie Rutherford A member of a powerful defense panel in Congress is trying to garner the Army’s feedback on reforming lawmakers’ practice of earmarking funds in legislation for specific […]