Army
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ArmyCommercial Vendors To Take Part In Culvert Denial Challenge
The Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) partnered with the Army Research Lab and the Maneuver Center of Excellence’s Maneuver Battle Lab will host 20 commercial vendors in an acquisition project […]
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ArmyOshkosh Defense, Lockheed Martin, AM General Complete JLTV Production Readiness Reviews
Oshkosh Defense [OSK] Monday said it successfully completed the Production Readiness Review (PRR) for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract–folliowing completed reviews by offerings […]
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ArmyArmy Needs More Mobility In Future Weapon Systems, Odierno Says
The Army needs more mobility and less survivability in its future weapon systems as its current composition of mobility, survivability and lethality is out of balance, the service’s top officer […]
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ArmyRaytheon Begins Construction on MDA Radar
Raytheon [RTN] has begun to build two major sub-components of the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) under a $53 million contract issued Sept. 2. […]
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ArmyArmy Expects To Deploy Upgraded ABIS System Next Week
TAMPA, Fla.—Independent operating testing that was completed earlier this month of an upgraded version of the Defense Department’s biometric database went well and the system is expected to be deployed […]
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ArmySoldiers Say Raytheon’s JLENS Radar Is ‘Mission Ready”
The Army’s A Battery, 3rd Air Defense Artillery were recently certified to operate Raytheon’s [RTN] Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensors (JLENS) radar to protect the National […]
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Air ForceAir Superiority Must Be Earned, Not Inherited, Breedlove Says
For more than a decade the United States and its allies have held air superiority without a peer competitor wherever they flew, but NATO’s supreme allied commander Europe (SACEUR) and […]
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ArmyINSCOM Contracts 21 Firms Under $7.2 Billion Global Intelligence Support Services Contract
The Army Intelligence Security Command (INSCOM) Friday awarded 21 companies the opportunity to bid on a $7.2 billion Global Intelligence Support Services (GISS) contract that runs from Sept. 12, 2014 […]
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ArmyExelis Receives Army Gen 3 Night Vision Order
Exelis [XLS] Friday said it was awarded an $8 million contract to provide the Army with Generation 3 night vision equipment. The award is under the U.S. Army-managed OMNI VIII […]
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Air ForceDoD Reprogramming Request Would Buy 8 F-35s and 21 Apaches, Support O&M Needs in OCO
The Defense Department requested to reprogram nearly $2 billion in fiscal year 2014 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds, chief among them purchasing additional aircraft and supporting higher operational tempos for […]