Army
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Army
Path Cleared For Senate Approval of DoD Nominees, Including Navy Acquisition Czar Pick Stackley
By Emelie Rutherford Congressional staffer Sean Stackley may be cleared to become the Navy acquisition chief in the near future, because Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) is expected to lift a […]
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Army
Pentagon Orders 813 Mine-Resistant Vehicles From General Dynamics, BAE Systems
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon yesterday placed $612 million worth of orders with General Dynamics [DG] and BAE Systems for 813 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPS), according to a […]
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Army
Army Successfully Launches NLOS-LS Precision Attack Missile
By Ann Roosevelt The Army said it recently completed two successful tests of the Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System (NLOS-LS) Precision Attack Missile (PAM) at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. NLOS-LS development […]
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Army
Boeing Apache Block III Helicopter Shifts To The Future
By Ann Roosevelt MESA, Ariz.–More than 300 Army leaders, suppliers and company personnel turned out on the flight line July 9 to see Boeing‘s [BA] AH-64D Apache Block III on […]
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Army
Lockheed Martin Pathfinder Team Prepares For Army Tests
Lockheed Martin [LMT] announced July 14 the Pathfinder flight team set up operations at Felker Army Airfield, Fort Eustis, Va., this week in preparation for the system’s developmental and limited-user […]
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Army
Pentagon To Decide Fate of Army Recon Helicopter In Wake of Massive Cost Growth
By Marina Malenic The Army said yesterday that its Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) program has exceeded its $6.2 billion budget estimate by over 40 percent, triggering a mandatory Defense Department […]
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Army
Northrop Grumman, Oshkosh, JLTV Armor Successful In Tests
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Oshkosh Defense [OSK] announced their offering for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) family has undergone successful armor testing as the Army-Marine Corps program nears selecting […]
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Army
Pentagon Preparing To Buy $1.7 Billion In MRAPs, Possibly Final Hurrah For Program
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon is expected to order 1,610 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles in coming days, though the $1.7 billion purchase will not include the next-generation MRAP […]
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Army
New Distance Record For Lockheed Martin GMLRS
The Army recently established a new 85-kilometer distance record for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rocket, the company said. The rocket destroyed a target 85 kilometers […]
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Air Force
Air Force, Army Brass Discuss New UAS Concept of Operations
By Emelie Rutherford Army and Air Force brass met yesterday to start developing a common concept of operations (CONOPS) for unmanned aircraft used in joint operations across the full spectrum […]