Friday, October 10, 2025
With a new solicitation issued today, the Army is signaling it plans to competitively procure "innovative commercial items, technologies and services" at Red River Army Depot, TX through a commercial solutions opening, or CSO.
The Army's governance model for managing the organic industrial base is in need of reform in order to reduce inefficiencies and put the United States on the path to better solving its munitions shortfall, says Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR).
Textron Systems is developing a Launched Effect system that is equipped with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, and can be launched from the air or ground, the company announced today.
Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky is developing a future family of rotor-blown wing vertical-takeoff-and-landing drones the company has named Nomad, which previously was known as the rotor-blown wing.
The Army wants to refine the architecture of the Integrated Battle Command System to a "smaller and more agile" design, according to a new call for solutions released today.
The Army awarded a $271 million contract modification this month for the full-rate production of the Tube-Launched Optically Tracked Missile Weapon System, according to a Sept. 22 Pentagon notice.
The Army has awarded Raytheon a $5 billion contract for the Coyote Missile System, which will buy launchers, kinetic and non-kinetic interceptors and Ku-band radio frequency system radars, according to a Monday Pentagon contract announcement.
Brent Ingraham was sworn in as the Army's next assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology Monday, the service announced in a news release.
After a sweeping set of proposals to restructure multiple Army depots and arsenals, former officials, local leaders and experts are scrutinizing vague signals from service leadership, and seeing signs of what resembles a potential base realignment and closure (BRAC).
With soldiers participating in a three-week special user demonstration for short-range Launched Effects last month at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, the Army is preparing to embark on its goal of fielding the capabilities across the force within a year.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George has chosen Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, currently assigned to the G-3/5/7, to lead the new counter-drone Joint Interagency Task Force 401 announced by Pentagon leadership last month.
The Army has awarded other transaction agreements to Anduril Industries and Rivet Industries for prototypes of the next iteration of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, now formally known as the Soldier Borne Mission Command system (SBMC), the service’s Program Executive Office Soldier announced today.
The Army did not properly account for the vast majority of ammunition at its contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) sites as of July 2024, according to a new government watchdog report.
The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $9.8 billion multiyear contract for the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement system, the service's Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space announced today.
Two Army officials who were scheduled to speak at an annual conference hosted by Defense News Wednesday morning canceled their appearance at the last minute following a directive from higher up within the Defense Department.
The decision by Pentagon leadership to get rid of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) will mean the Army will use its "transforming in contact" initiative, or TiC, to help drive high-level requirements, an Army official told reporters today.
The Army has selected Lockheed Martin's Spike Non-Line-of-Sight capability for the first phase of its new Mobile-Long Range Precision Strike Missile directed requirement competition, the company announced today.
The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky a $43 million contract to equip the Black Hawk helicopter with a "digital backbone" capability that will allow for unmanned systems to be integrated, the company announced Wednesday.
The costs of the new Mobile-Long Range Precision Strike Missile across the five-year future years defense program (FYDP) are changing based on "vendor pricing submissions," according to an Army spokesperson.
With a need to update key pieces of military equipment such as ships and drones with more powerful batteries and increase lethality, the Pentagon is using an industry day hosted earlier this month as a jumping-off point to field newer battery technologies more quickly.