By Jen DiMascio Makers of the multi-billion effort to manufacture vehicles that improve protection against improvised explosive devices last week called on the government to provide more timely information about the military's needs and to make the emergency effort an official Pentagon program. The two leading manufacturers of military vehicles, BAE SYSTEMS and General Dynamics [GD], also pressed for new orders of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles by December. The MRAP is the most significant rapid acquisition program since…
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CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones
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Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]