Army
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ArmyMullen: New Law Not End of Acquisition Reforms Needed At DoD
By Emelie Rutherford The top U.S. military officer told lawmakers additional reforms to Pentagon weapons-development processes are being considered, and called for a requirements-setting board to focus more on combatant […]
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ArmyDoD Ups M-ATV Requirement By 1,400, Boosts Oshkosh Orders
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon increased its requirement for a new breed of all-terrain mine-resistant trucks by 1,400 vehicles late last week as U.S. troops in Afghanistan face an increasing […]
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Air ForceDoD Appeals Vehicle, Ship Cuts In Auth Bills
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon, in a second round of appeals to defense authorization legislation, is pushing back on lawmakers’ cuts to its requests for a new Humvee-replacement vehicle, ship […]
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Air ForceSAC OK’s Defense Approps With Many DoD-Sought Cuts, More M-ATVs
By Emelie Rutherford A key Senate panel approved Pentagon spending legislation yesterday that heeds many of the Obama administration’s big program cuts while also boosting funds for additional mine-proof vehicles […]
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Air ForceSAC-D Backs C-17s, Sides With DoD On Kills Including F-35 2nd Engine
By Emelie Rutherford A Senate panel unveiled a defense appropriations bill yesterday that all but assures continued C-17 aircraft production while leaving the F-35’s alternate engine, F-22 jet, and VH-71 […]
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ArmyGD Opens New EDGE Innovation Center For Military Vehicle Systems
By Ann Roosevelt General Dynamics‘ [GD] C4 Systems today opens its sixth and largest EDGE facility, the Vehicle C4ISR Innovation Center, in Taunton, Mass., to bring government opportunities to pick […]
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ArmyBAE Systems Protests Army FMTV Award To Oshkosh Corp.
By Ann Roosevelt BAE Systems yesterday announced it filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), asking for a review of the Army’s award to Oshkosh Corp. [OSK], of […]
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ArmyArmy Initiates Process For New Ground Combat Vehicle
By Ann Roosevelt The Army last week released a Sources Sought Notice to find companies interested and able to develop and integrate new ground combat vehicles for its Brigade Combat […]
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ArmyIndependent Army Testers Gather Reams of Data In The Desert
By Ann Roosevelt FT. BLISS, Texas— Troops posing as insurgents on a rooftop pour .50-caliber machine gun fire down at advancing U.S. soldiers conducting a cordon and search mission. Some […]
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ArmyArmy BCT Limited User Test Under Way
By Ann Roosevelt Through mid-September in the west Texas desert, the Army Test & Evaluation Command’s Operational Test Command has begun examining the developmental status of equipment for Infantry Brigade […]