Army
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ArmyArmy Outlines Next Steps For Next-Gen Squad Weapon
Army officials on Monday outlined the next steps in the service’s Next-Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) that will begin replacing its M4 rifles and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. During a hearing […]
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Unmanned SystemsJCO Completes First C-sUAS Demonstration
The Defense Department’s Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) tested counter-small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) from Aurora Flight Sciences, ELTA North America, and XTEND during its first semi-annual demonstration […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Wins New Hypersonic Mod, Raising Total Value To $2.8 Billion
The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1.5 billion modification on March 11 for the joint Army-Navy program to develop a common rocket and hypersonic glide vehicle for both services, […]
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ArmyArmy’s 5th SFAB Using Drones in Training with Foreign Militaries
The Army’s 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) is using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) like the RQ-11 Raven in missions to train with foreign militaries in the Indo-Pacific, Brig. Gen. […]
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Unmanned SystemsArmy Looking for New High Energy Lasers for C-sUAS
The Army has released a contract opportunity for high energy lasers (HELs) with a power and thermal subsystem and sensor package for Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System (C-sUAS) capabilities to increase […]
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GeneralMost DoD Aircraft Do Not Meet Mission Capable Goals, GAO Finds
Military aircraft spanning all branches failed to meet mission capable rates according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that analyzed 46 types of aircraft from fiscal […]
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ArmyArmy Wants Joint Laboratory for Project Convergence Innovation
Following this fall’s Project Convergence demonstration, the Army wants to form a joint laboratory to test new technology on a monthly basis and not just once a year, Brig. Gen. […]
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ArmyCollins Aiming To Build Digital Backbone For FVL
Collins Aerospace [RTX] is looking to develop a digital backbone for the Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) programs. While the modular open systems approach (MOSA) provides standards for creating open systems, […]
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