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BAE awarded $474M for support of Army's M109 Family of Vehicles
Jan 23, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, covers system technical support and sustainment, systems engineering, program management, logistic...
Leidos awarded $9.7M contract for anti-IED surveillance support
Jan 16, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is for support of the system, which is used for day and night image collection that allows the Arm...
General Dynamics to upgrade 174 more Abrams tanks
Jan 09, 2019 (UPI)
The tanks will be upgraded to state-of-the-art M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 status, the company said on Tuesday. The SEPv3 configuration includes a...
High-tech border wall plan on display at CES
Jan 08, 2019 (AFP)
At least one startup at the Consumer Electronics show is showcasing how Lidar, a laser-based detection system widely used in autonomous vehicles, could be deplo...
KBR Inc. announces inclusion in $12.1B Army IT contract
Jan 07, 2019 (UPI)
SGT LLC, a division of KBR's KBRwyle, will work with the Army on an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract of five years, with an additional four-yea...
First mixed male-female boot camp for US Marine recruits
Jan 05, 2019 (AFP)
The Marine Corps had previously conducted separate training for men and women with gender-specific instructors. Now, the 3rd Recruit Training Battalion "will st...
China tests its own 'Mother of All Bombs'
Jan 04, 2019 (AFP)
In a short video published on the website of state arms manufacturer Norinco, the massive bomb drops on to a plain and produces a gigantic ball of fire and blac...
Discovery could lead to munitions that go further, much faster
Dec 27, 2018 (SPX)
This discovery coincides with the one of the Army's modernization priorities: Long Range Precision Fires. This research could lead to enhanced energetic perform...
Army taps BAE, GenDyn for armored fighting vehicle prototypes
Dec 17, 2018 (UPI)
The contracts, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, cover middle tier acquisition and rapid prototyping effort, with plans and options for initial pr...
White House asks top court to block transgender military service
Dec 14, 2018 (AFP)
The administration said there is "too great a risk to military effectiveness and lethality" to allow transgender people to serve openly -- a policy enacted unde...
Contract put forward for MK80 and BLUE-109 components
Dec 07, 2018 (UPI)
The production contract will run through at least October 2023. It falls under the U.S. Army's Rock Island Arsenal, which supervises much of the U.S. military's...
Squad X Improves Situational Awareness, Coordination for Dismounted Units
Dec 03, 2018 (SPX)
In a weeklong test series at Twentynine Palms, California, U.S. Marine squads improved their ability to synchronize maneuvers, employing autonomous air and grou...
Lockheed Martin Secures US Army Exoskeleton Development Agreement
Nov 30, 2018 (SPX)
Under the two-year, sole-source agreement, Lockheed Martin will optimize ONYX components. The improvements will be evaluated by the University of Florida in adv...
Lockheed tapped for Onyx exoskeleton development, demonstrations
Nov 29, 2018 (UPI)
The enhancements will be for further demonstrations of the system in 2019 for the Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center. The modifica...
Army awards Oshkosh $1.7B for 6,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles
Nov 28, 2018 (UPI)
The new contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is part of an Army and Marine Corps joint program to replace the High Mobility Multipurpose Wh...
Barrett to provide .50-caliber sniper rifles to U.S. Army
Nov 28, 2018 (UPI)
The rifles will include scopes, suppressors, bipods and other accessories and are expected to be delivered through November 2023. The M107 sniper rifle is the A...
Saab receives order from U.S. Army for ULCANS camouflage netting
Nov 20, 2018 (UPI)
The deliveries are expected to start in 2019 and will run through 2020. ULCANS is designed as a fold-out desert or woodland camouflage netting to conceal vehicl...
India ammunition depot blast kills six
Nov 20, 2018 (AFP)
Staff were disposing of Russian anti-aircraft shells out of production since 2014 when a box was dropped and exploded, the Times of India reported. "While the w...
Army awards CACI International $413M for Trojan Strong comms support
Nov 19, 2018 (UPI)
The five-year contract, announced Monday, is placed on behalf of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center for new a...
Air Force F-35As test GBU-49 Paveway II bombs in exercise
Nov 16, 2018 (UPI)
The evaluations took place at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., during weapons exercise Combat Hammer against multiple target types. "It's a really flexible weapon," ...
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