Army

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 […]

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" […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

ATK [ATK] yesterday announced it will continue to operate the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) for an additional four years under a contract from the Army Contracting Command, Rock […]

AeroVironment‘s (AV) [AVAV] RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) recently demonstrated 30 hours of persistent surveillance of a point target. The Army SUAS Product Manager and AV at Camp […]

By Geoff Fein The Joint Staff is working a number of challenges, from bringing together the services’ netcentric efforts under one umbrella, to developing data standards, all meant to ensure […]