The realignment of Army Materiel Command's subordinate commands has paid key dividends over the past several months, says the head of Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command.
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The realignment of Army Materiel Command's subordinate commands has paid key dividends over the past several months, says the head of Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command.
BAE Systems is continuing its push to resurrect a lightweight armored vehicle first pitched to the Army in the 1990s, in an effort to satisfy the service's forthcoming requirement for a Mobile Protected Firepower ride.
The Army has moved to quash a Silicon Valley company's challenge to the service's procurement strategy for the next phase of its intelligence software package.
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The Army has "justified" the low-rate initial production plan for the Paladin Integrated Management program, but has failed to address two "performance deficiencies identified by the test community during the system development phase," according to a government audit.
The Army is conducting market research ahead of the next phase of production on its network backbone, according to a notice posted July 26 on the Federal Business Opportunities website.
The Army is keeping to its schedule for the Ground Mobility Vehicle, which the service touts as a key investment in the push to rebuild readiness and address emerging threats.
The Army is already soliciting industry input for the fiscal year 2019 edition of one of its annual exercises -- an accelerated timeline that reflects changes in the personnel to be employed therein.
The Army is developing a new doctrine of multidomain battle, which has the potential to be as transformative as the AirLand Battle doctrine developed in the 1980s, according to the commander of U.S. Army Pacific.
The Army is finalizing two major projects pertaining to aviation, according to the chief of Aviation and Missile Command.
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The Army has updated its approach to business, codifying the changes in a new document to govern the next five years.
The Army plans to host an industry day next month to outline its plans for procurement of the Ground Mobility Vehicle. The Army is slated to make its first budget outlays for GMV in fiscal year 2017. Army Under Secretary Patrick Murphy highlighted GMV as one of the service's top priorities during a speech this month at the New America Foundation.
The Army is working to address delamination of transparent armor in its Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle fleet, Inside the Army has learned.
The Army plans to proceed toward a milestone C decision this summer to support a low-rate initial production decision for its Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio, but the Defense Department's director of operational test and evaluation recently warned the system has significant shortcomings.
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The Army, faced with a lawsuit over its flagship suite of intelligence applications, says its procurement will not occur as originally scheduled.
A number of government officials weighed in last week on the considerations of and risks posed by the use of lowest-priced, technically acceptable contracts.
Army Cyber Command has been elevated to an Army Service Component Command in support of U.S. Cyber Command, placing it at the level of other component commands such as U.S. Army Europe, U.S. Army Pacific, and U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
The United States needs to "change our risk profile" to better enable integration of innovative technologies, according to the Army's military deputy for acquisition.