Army

By Geoff Fein Austal USA has been awarded a Phase II $185 million contract to build one Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) with an option for nine more for the […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] Nov. 12 announced its flight team successfully completed the first flight of its fully integrated Pathfinder advanced pilotage system, marking the beginning of the developmental test phase […]

By Ann Roosevelt A second industry team, led by Textron [TXT], has protested the Army awards to three teams to move forward with work on the Army/Marines next generation Joint […]

Massachusetts-based iRobot [IRBT] yesterday announced that Congress appropriated $2 million to further develop the company’s Warrior 700, a powerful and rugged robot for use in danger zones and inaccessible areas. […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army Nov. 7 issued a Sources Sought notice for industry input to meet the requirements for a new Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) program after terminating the […]

By Emelie Rutherford A Marine Corps-lead effort for buying thousands of a new breed of all-terrain Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle for Afghanistan is moving forward, with a solicitation […]

By Ann Roosevelt Northrop Grumman [NOC] Nov. 7 announced it filed a formal protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the evaluation conducted by the Army/Marine […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy has taken over the lead on the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) following the Army’s decision to terminate the program. BAE Systems last week […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy this week signed a $65 million production contract with Honeywell [HON] for 90 of its T-Hawk micro air vehicle systems that will be used by […]

Employees of Red River Army Depot (RRAD) and its partner BAE Systems began work Oct. 27 resetting the first of 200 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV). On Sept. 26, […]