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DARPA Launches Social Media Platform to Accelerate R and D
Mar 21, 2019 (SPX)
The platform facilitates connections among experts across academic disciplines so they can propel novel research opportunities together. Beta-launched for acade...
Special Ops Command contracts Barrett for new sniper rifles
Mar 13, 2019 (UPI)
The $49.9 million contract calls for production of the .300 PRC [precision rifle cartridge] MRAD weapons by the Christiana, Tenn.-based company, with a competit...
Oshkosh awarded $23.5M Army contract to refurbish tactical trucks
Mar 06, 2019 (UPI)
Work on the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks will be performed at the company's Oshkosh, Wis., facility, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 20...
MAPS-enabled countermeasures defeat anti tank missiles in field tests
Mar 05, 2019 (SPX)
In a series of live-fire tests, the MAPS-enabled systems defeated 15 out of 15 anti-tank guided missiles by jamming their signals, causing them to fly off-targe...
General Dynamics awarded $3.37B for Stryker vehicle support
Mar 01, 2019 (UPI)
The three contracts, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, include $1.37 billion for retrofit, damage repair and refurbishment services on Army's Str...
SU engineers create rubbery 'smart' material to treat open wounds, infections and cancer
Feb 27, 2019 (SPX)
SMPs are soft, rubbery, "smart" materials that can change shape in response to external stimuli like temperature changes or exposure to light. They can hold eac...
U.S. Army orders tactical vehicles from Oshkosh Defense
Feb 27, 2019 (UPI)
U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command ordered 354 Family of Tactical Vehicles A1P2 trucks and trailers, Oshkosh said in ...
BAE delivers first four BvS10 all-terrain vehicles to Austria
Feb 26, 2019 (UPI)
Austria joins Netherlands, Sweden and Britain as operators of the BvS10, a highly maneuverable armored vehicle that can handle challenging terrain to deliver pe...
Army to test lighter body armor vest as part of total protection system
Feb 22, 2019 (UPI)
The body armor, which includes hard plates designed to stop rifle rounds, are known as the Vital Torso Protection system, according to a Defense Department test...
BAE awarded $575M for Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle production
Feb 19, 2019 (UPI)
In January, the company was awarded $128 million to start building the vehicles, and this month $447 million has been awarded for low-rate initial production. T...
Saab to supply U.S. Army with M4 weapon system
Feb 15, 2019 (UPI)
The 84mm recoilless rifle, which is designated as M3E1 in the United States and is known as the "Gustaf Bazooka," will first be delivered this year at a cost of...
State Dept. approves possible engine sale for Israeli armored vehicles
Feb 13, 2019 (UPI)
The deal would send 240 Namer Armored Personnel Carrier Power Packs in full configuration and another 30 of the engine components in light configuration, as wel...
Singapore defends conscription after string of deaths
Feb 11, 2019 (AFP)
As a tiny state surrounded by bigger neighbours, Singapore's founding leaders decided to rely on conscription as a major plank of its defence strategy after the...
Oshkosh awarded $232.7M to recapitalize Army's heavy vehicles
Feb 11, 2019 (UPI)
The Wisconsin-based company will work on 407 heavy expanded mobility tactical trucks, or HEMTT, and palletized load system, or PLS, trucks as well as manufactur...
Pentagon to roll back restrictions on land mine use
Jan 31, 2019 (UPI)
The decision, announced via a White House statement Friday, reverses an Obama-era policy prohibiting the United States from using land mines outside of the Kore...
Denmark, France, Netherlands receive first land munitions through NATO pact
Jan 31, 2019 (UPI)
The program, called Land Battle Decisive Munition, involves 16 allies and three NATO partners as a way to strengthen NATO's collective defense, NATO said in a n...
Honeywell awarded $85.7M for C-5 software, hardware support
Jan 30, 2019 (UPI)
The support contract for the C-5M Super Galaxy, which is the military's largest plane, was announced by the Department of Defense Tuesday in a news release. Wor...
BAE Systems wins $21M contract to supply artillery to British army
Jan 29, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, which was awarded globally through the Defense Ministry's tender process, offers flexibility to add additional quantities in later years, the comp...
Marine Corps distributing 1,300 new night vision devices at base
Jan 29, 2019 (UPI)
Marine Corps Systems Command accelerated the acquisition of the Binocular Night Vision Goggle II using existing Defense Logistics Agency contracts for the new s...
AECOM gets $9M Army contract for assault breacher supplies
Jan 25, 2019 (UPI)
The firm-fixed-price contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, includes the Army's purchase of linear demolition charge systems, spare parts an...
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