Army

By Ann Roosevelt Army Secretary Pete Geren has asked the Deputy Secretary of Defense to adjudicate the opposing views of the Defense Department’s Directorate of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) […]

The Longbow LLC, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC], recently marked the successful first powered flight of the Longbow Unmanned Aerial Systems Tactical Common Data […]

By Ann Roosevelt Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey expects change toward a balanced strategy in the Defense Department from the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), stemming from a common […]

By Ann Roosevelt The new Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) is moving toward construction of ships for the Army and Navy, according to the program manager. "The program is on […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it successfully proved the interoperability of the U.S. Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missile with British M270B1 launchers in a recent test at White Sands […]

Smiths Detection announced it received a $19.3 million contract from the Army for Meteorological Measuring Set-Profiler (MMS-P) systems, for a total program value of more than $89 million. The sophisticated […]

Oshkosh Corp.’s [OSK] Oshkosh Defense, yesterday said it signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Army’s Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to refine […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army is stretched in areas such as aviation, logistics and military police, and the service is looking at its options to ensure it can provide those […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army’s ongoing review of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) should be complete by the end of February, according to Gen. Peter Chiarelli, Army vice chief of […]

Force Protection Inc. [FRPT] and General Dynamics [GD], through their joint venture Force Dynamics, LLC Jan. 15 announced that they have submitted the Cheetah, a lightweight armored tactical vehicle developed […]