Army
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Army
Northrop Grumman Beats BAE Systems For Army CIRCM Contract
Northrop Grumman [NOC] beat out BAE Systems on Friday for the Army’s Counter Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) program contract. The Army awarded Northrop Grumman a $35 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price incentive and […]
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Army
NATO Prepped For Largest Military Exercise Since Cold War
NATO is set to launch the largest and most complex multi-nation military exercise since the end of the Cold War. The so-called Trident Juncture, set to kick off in mid-October, […]
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Army
JAGM Hits Stationary Vehicle During Fire-and-Forget Test
The Army successfully completed a Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) flight test in which it exercised the weapon’s active fire and forget capability for the first time, the service’s program manager […]
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Army
Oshkosh JLTV Prevailed Despite Loss Earlier In Program
A close watcher of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program could be forgiven for discounting Oshkosh [OSK] as the eventual winner of the $30 billion contract to replace Army […]
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Army
Raytheon Successfully Test Fires AIM-9X Block II Missile From Ground Launcher
Raytheon [RTN] and the U.S. Army recently successfully test fired an AIM-9X Block II missile from the military’s ground-based Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-I (IFPC 2-I) Block 1 Multi-Mission […]
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Army
Oshkosh Wins Initial $6 Billion Contract To Build JLTV
Oshkosh [OSK] has been awarded a $6.7 billion contract to build the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), which replaces large portions of the Army and Marine Corps Humvee fleets. Oshkosh’s […]
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Army
Army Plans To Replace, Automate Tactical Truck Fleets
The U.S. Army plans to modernize nearly its entire medium and heavy tactical truck fleet by 2025, then give them robot brains so they can drive convoys–even in urban terrain–without […]
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Army
National Guard Generals Make Case For Maintaining Combat Formations, Equipment
The adjutants general of seven states showed up last week to a meeting of the National Commission on the Future of the Army (NCFA) to plead their case for seamless […]
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Army
BAE Awarded $50 Million For Rocket Propellant Production
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a $50 million contract for the continued production of MK 90 propellant grains used in the helicopter-launched Hydra 70 family of rockets by […]
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Air Force
Carter Calls For Services To Identify Specific Jobs Unsuitable For Women
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said Aug. 20 that all ground combat jobs will be open to women unless service chiefs can deliver convincing reasons, backed by data, that certain […]