Army

  • Aircraft Self-Protection Receivers Top USSOCOM Wish List

    Aircraft Self-Protection Receivers Top USSOCOM Wish List

    By Ann Roosevelt The Suite of Integrated Radio Frequency Countermeasures (SIRFC) Radar Warning Receivers for the MH-60M Black Hawk are No. 1 on the $413 million list of unfunded priorities […]

  • BAE Systems’ NLOS-C Platform Fires 1,000th Round

    BAE Systems’ NLOS-C Platform Fires 1,000th Round

    BAE Systems yesterday announced the recent firing of the 1,000th round from the Future Combat Systems’ Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C) firing platform. NLOS-C is a 155mm auto-loading cannon that would replace […]

  • Army Seeks $3.9 Billion In Unfunded Requirements

    Army Seeks $3.9 Billion In Unfunded Requirements

    By Jen DiMascio The Army’s chief of staff outlined $3.9 billion in unfunded needs for fiscal year 2009–including $1.59 billion for Humvees and additional equipment for the National Guard. Gen. […]

  • Army Orders More AeroVironment Raven UAVs

    Army Orders More AeroVironment Raven UAVs

    AeroVironment Inc. [AVAV] Feb. 7 announced a $45.8 million Army award for additional RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and associated services by the exercise of a one-year option […]

  • Army, Navy Fire Scouts: Similar Look, But Treading Different Paths

    Army, Navy Fire Scouts: Similar Look, But Treading Different Paths

    By Geoff Fein Looking across the production line at Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] Mississippi facility, it’s hard for anyone to tell the difference between the Army and Navy variants of the […]

  • DoD Preparing For FYDP Strategic Investment Guidance

    DoD Preparing For FYDP Strategic Investment Guidance

    By Ann Roosevelt The Defense Department will soon receive strategic guidance for the future years defense budget, fiscal years 2010-2015, according to a top Pentagon official. "We’re just finishing the […]

  • Reorganized WIN-T Program Approaches Critical Design Review

    Reorganized WIN-T Program Approaches Critical Design Review

    By Jen DiMascio The next iteration of the Army’s battlefield network communications recently demonstrated an on-the-move capability, as the program’s design faces another review. Increment two of the Warfighter Information […]

  • Briefing

    Briefing

    *The Army plans to negotiate a sole source award with Colorado State University for continued covariate studies and analysis and experimental designs for the National Institute of Standards and Technology […]

  • Army Seeks CBRNE Detection Equipment for Mobile Lab

    Army Seeks CBRNE Detection Equipment for Mobile Lab

    The Army’s Research Development and Engineering Command, Edgewood Division, is seeking qualified sources that can provide chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive detection equipment (CBRNE) for use in a mobile […]

  • Army Issues RFP For Joint Light Tactical Vehicle

    Army Issues RFP For Joint Light Tactical Vehicle

    By Ann Roosevelt The Army yesterday issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Family of Vehicles (FOV). JLTV is a Joint U.S. Army/Marine Corps […]