Army
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ArmyPost JLTV, World Wheeled Vehicle Market Looks Slim
With the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program to replace the Army and Marine Corps’ Humvee fleets decided, truck manufacturers are looking overseas for potential customers. Those companies, like Lockheed […]
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ArmyNorthrop 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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ArmyNATO 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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ArmyJAGM 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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ArmyOshkosh 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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ArmyRaytheon 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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ArmyOshkosh 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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ArmyArmy 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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ArmyNational 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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ArmyBAE 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 […]