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Army

Polaris Rolls Out New Turbo-Diesel Truck With 80 Percent Better Range Than Gas Engine

Thursday, February 23rd, 2017

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Polaris Rolls Out New Turbo-Diesel Truck With 80 Percent Better Range Than Gas Engine

Polaris Ultralight Military Vehicles

ABU DHABI – Newly renamed Polaris Government & Defense has unveiled the second turbo diesel ground vehicle that is commercially available to nations that need a highly-mobile light tactical vehicle.Polaris has expanded its MRZR line of turbo diesel vehicles to include a two-seat variant called the MRZR-D2. The announcement comes less than a year after the company unveiled the inaugural vehicle in the MRZR family, which has four seats.Polaris unveiled the high-performance MRZR-D4 off-road vehicle lineup in May. MRZRs have…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]