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U.K. MoD Grand Challenge Teams Head Toward Finish

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Monday, August 18th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt The three day final competition began Saturday on Salisbury Plain for the teams of highly autonomous vehicles competing in the Ministry of Defence's Grand Challenge, a way to find new defense suppliers and investors. The Grand Challenge, launched in 2006, called for teams from across the United Kingdom to come up with the small highly autonomous vehicles that could provide the winning edge on the battlefield, able to identify threats encountered by U.K. troops on overseas operations,…

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Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

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Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

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CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

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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 […]