Army
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ArmyArmy Reviewing $16 Billion Ammo Production Modernization Plan Over Safety, Supply Chain Concerns
The Army is reviewing its 15-year, $16 billion plan to modernize its ammunition manufacturing plants as it looks to make the facilities safer and reduce reliance on foreign suppliers for […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Taking Close Look At Army’s FVL Efforts To Inform Future Attack/Utility Aircraft
The Marine Corps is closely following the Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) programs to inform its own Attack Utility Replacement Aircraft (AURA) effort, which will likely replace its AH-1Z and […]
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ArmyArmy Won’t Submit Its Own Design For Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle
The Army will no longer consider submitting its own design bid for the restarted Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) prototype competition, the service said Thursday. The decision was based on […]
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ArmyArmy Approves First Assured PNT Requirement With MAPS Capability Development Document
The Army has approved its first Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) program requirement, finalizing the capability development document for the Mounted Assured PNT System (MAPS) development effort. The milestone is […]
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ArmyArmy Test Pilots Flew Bell’s V-280 Valor FLRAA Offering In August
Army experimental test pilots flew Bell’s [TXT] V-280 Valor offering for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) in August, the service said Tuesday. The V-280 Valor is one of […]
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ArmyArmy Conducts First Flight Of Fully-Upgraded UH-60V Black Hawk
The Army on Friday conducted the first flight of the modernized UH-60V Black Hawk, which is a retrofit of the UH-60L upgraded with Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] ‘digital cockpit’ suite. “The […]
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ArmyArmy’s Project Convergence Proving Out Next-Gen ‘Sensor-To-Shooter’ Network Possibilities
The Army has started its major demonstration to understand how its future weapon systems could form a new “sensor-to-shooter” network and is already showing success in making cross-domain target decisions […]
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ArmyArmy’s Future Vertical Lift Program Receiving ‘Significant Interest’ From International Partners
The Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platforms has received “significant interest” from international partners, according to the lead program official, with eight countries having already sent letters of interest to […]
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Unmanned SystemsStrong U.S. Industrial Base for Small UAS Needed to Counter China, Lord Says
Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord highlighted the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Blue sUAS (small unmanned aerial systems) project as a stepping stone toward a stronger U.S. drone industrial base, which […]
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ArmyArmy Interested In Acquiring SM-6, Tomahawk Missiles, McConville Says
Gen. James McConville, the Army chief of staff, said Tuesday the service may be interested in acquiring SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles, both used by the Navy, for its future long […]