Army
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Army
Advanced Russian UAV Use Leads U.S. Army Europe Concerns Over Radio Jamming
U.S. Army Europe radios are vulnerable to jamming and interception, hampering forces at a crucial time as Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) use has troops returning to basic fieldcraft techniques. […]
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Army
Carter Calls For Residual U.S. Military Force In Afghanistan, Promise Financial Support
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on Wednesday confirmed that the U.S. military will maintain a sizeable presence in Afghanistan past the end of the year and likely for the foreseeable […]
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Army
International Humvee Retrofit Market Heats Up
From the outside, Textron’s [TXT] survivable combat tactical vehicle (SCTV) looks almost identical to a Humvee, but the truck has been outfitted with a series of upgrades that give it […]
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Army
New Army Chief Vows To Tap Reserve Components To Pad Active Readiness
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley is taking charge of the service just as it is set to cut tens of thousands of troops and said he is prepared […]
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Army
Army Predicts Foreign Military Sales Decrease In 2016
The Army expects to perform roughly $5 billion less than the previous year in Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in 2016, which the service’s acquisition executive attributes to budget instability among […]
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Army
Army Procures BAE Laser-Guided Rockets
The U.S. Army acquired an initial quantity of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rockets from BAE Systems for use in Iraq and Afghanistan operations, the company said […]
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Army
Saab Receives Carl Gustaf Ammo Order From U.S. Special Operations
Saab AB received an order for Carl-Gustaf ammunition from the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), the company said Monday. The Carl-Gustaf is a man-portable shoulder-launched 84-mm recoilless rifle, also known […]
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Army
Sikorsky To Pause Flight Test Of S-97 Raider To Collect More Ground Test Data
Sikorsky [UTX] has paused flight testing on its experimental coaxial-rotor S-97 Raider to focus on operation of its ground-test station. The first S-97, which incorporates dual rotors and an aft […]
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Army
Army Moving Forward on Apache Multiyear Contract
The Army is aiming to ink a multiyear contract with Boeing [BA] for AH-64E Apaches and expects approval from Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in March 2016, program officials said on […]
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Army
MRAP Reset And Upgrades Underway At Navistar
As the international tactical vehicle market trends toward improved blast protection in lighter, more mobile platforms, the behemoth Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicle was seen as an effective platform with a […]