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Saab wins British Army training extension
Aug 21, 2017 (UPI)
The three-year extension, with its managed service provision, is worth about $26 million, and enables Saab to deliver infrastructure, instrumentation and suppor...
SAIC to support Marine Combat Operations Center in $39M task order
Aug 16, 2017 (UPI)
The $39 million award -- issued by the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic -- is for one year with four one-year options, according to a comp...
Saab training systems for Estonian Army
Aug 16, 2017 (UPI)
The laser simulators will be used by the army's mechanized brigade at the regiments and infantry schools. Included in the contract are BT46 systems for the CV90...
Marine Corps requests 50,000 more M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles
Aug 15, 2017 (UPI)
The 50,000 would be in addition to the 11,000 already ordered, the Marine Corps Times has reported. The initial order was to replace most M249 Squad Automatic W...
Lockheed wins Special Operations logistics contract
Aug 14, 2017 (UPI)
Lockheed's work as prime contractor for the Special Operations Forces Global Logistics Support Services program comes under a new indefinite-delivery/indefinite...
Lockheed Martin receives contract for Squad X infantry technology program
Aug 11, 2017 (UPI)
The contract will go toward design and testing for prototypes of equipment for combined-arms squads. Work will be conducted in Grand Prairie, Texas and other lo...
Trump says transgender ban a 'great favor' to military
Aug 10, 2017 (AFP)
Trump, speaking to reporters at his New Jersey country club, said the issue of transgender service members had been "complicated" and "confusing" for the milita...
Transgender US troops sue Trump over ban announcement
Aug 09, 2017 (AFP)
In a lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday, the five plaintiffs from the Air Force, Coast Guard and the Army said they faced uncertainty about their futures,...
Milrem seeks U.S. sub-contractors for Titan UGV
Aug 08, 2017 (UPI)
Titan, being displayed at the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium, has been selected by the U.S. Army's Squad Maneuver Equipment Transpo...
Members of Congress send letter asking DOD to refuse transgender ban
Aug 04, 2017 (UPI)
The letter is a response to President Donald Trump's tweets on July 26 that transgendered troops would not be permitted to serve in the military, though no offi...
Marine Corps to field new pack frames in 2018
Aug 03, 2017 (UPI)
The current frame has been fielded since 2011, but issues with its durability began surfacing in 2013 from the Marine School of Infantry - West. Further inciden...
Blast at rebel Georgian arms depot injures 50: Russia media
Aug 02, 2017 (AFP)
The explosions occurred at the facility in Primorskiy, near the Black Sea, the region's health minister Tamaz Tsakhnakia told the agencies. Nineteen holidaying ...
New railgun ready for testing
Aug 01, 2017 (UPI)
The railgun, which provides multi-mission, multi-domain capability with greater flexibility for ship, land and mobile platforms will be put through its paces at...
Army orders additional Joint Light Tactical Vehicles
Aug 01, 2017 (UPI)
The order -- the fifth JLTV buy since 2015 -- is for 748 vehicles and 2,359 installed and packaged kits. "Soldiers and Marines need a reliable, transportable, a...
Northrop Grumman receives $57.7M contract for IED jammers
Aug 01, 2017 (UPI)
The contract will provide Increment One Build One full-rate production of the JCREW for the Expeditionary Warfare Program Office. It is the first generation of ...
General Dynamics receives $272.2M for M1A2 Abrams upgrades
Aug 01, 2017 (UPI)
The contract will provide System Enhancement Package v2 legacy components for 45 M1A2 SEPv3 tanks and 60 additional sets of SEPv2 and SEPv3 parts. Tooling, test...
Canadian armed forces to receive new machine guns
Jul 27, 2017 (UPI)
The contract for 1,148 new C6A1 FLEX General Purpose Machine Guns is worth more than $25.6 million. First deliveries to the Canadian Army are expected in Septem...
China military setting up technology research agency
Jul 26, 2017 (UPI)
The Scientific Research Steering Committee was set up early this year and revealed for the first time in a documentary that aired recently on state broadcaster ...
BAE testing new monitoring system for military bridges
Jul 25, 2017 (UPI)
The fatigue monitoring technology-- for military bridges designed to be used by tanks -- wirelessly transmits data to a handheld device, allowing soldiers to ea...
Raytheon receives $75 million Small Diameter Bomb II contract
Jul 24, 2017 (UPI)
Contractor support will include engineering, manufacturing development and production work for the SDB II with work being performed in Tuscon, Ariz. The complet...
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