Army

By Ann Roosevelt The Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) process was successful in ensuring the service produced trained, ready and cohesive units to meet requirements for the surge, according to a […]

iRobot [IRBT] co-founder and chairman of the board Helen Greiner resigns effective today, though she will continue to serve on the company board of directors as a non-employee director, while […]

By Ann Roosevelt In December, a Milestone C initial production review will be held for the Non-Line of Sight Cannon (NLOS-C), the first of the manned ground vehicles planned for […]

By Ann Roosevelt BAE Systems leverages many technologies and systems used in its up-armored Humvees and Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles in its armored commercial vehicle business–the largest supplier to the […]

By Geoff Fein Stiletto, a high-speed, composite ship, successfully met all the programmatic objectives of her operational evaluation (OPEVAL), demonstrating how an innovative effort can be achieved in a very […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army plans to move ahead expeditiously to re-validate the characteristics and requirements for a manned, armed reconnaissance helicopter (ARH) to replace the Bell Helicopter [TXT] ARH […]

By Ann Roosevelt As part of the Army leadership’s internal discussions on the Future Combat Systems (FCS), it is assessing what organizational capabilities, such as reconnaissance or fires, the next […]

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Patuxent River, Md., is working to join the Army’s contract with European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. (EADS) North America, and spend about $30 […]

By Ann Roosevelt The services are interested inRaytheon‘s [RTN] Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) system laser-pointer-tracker known as "Quiet Eyes," that is designed to provide aircraft self-protection against infrared threat missiles, […]

By Ann Roosevelt iRobot [IRBT] is moving forward with a larger, powerful and rugged robot, the multi-mission, modular iRobot Warrior 700 that is very different from the more familiar PackBot […]