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U.S. Special Operations Command is nearly doubling the ceiling of a 2022 indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for Counter Unmanned Systems from $967.6 million to $1.9 billion, according to a Nov. 6 justification and approval notice from the Defense Department.
The Army has awarded Repkon USA a contract with a ceiling of $435 million to build a TNT production facility in Graham, KY -- which would make it the only domestic production facility for the material in the United States.
The Army wants to learn more from industry about adding signals intelligence sensor capabilities for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle platform, in preparation for operating in a multidomain environment, according to an Oct. 28 notice.
The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement successfully integrated with the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor during a test this month at White Sands Missile Range, NM, according to PAC-3 MSE manufacturer Lockheed Martin.
The Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Ground Vehicle Systems Center has awarded a $197 million contract to HII for research and development over a five-year period.
In spite of a change in philosophy to its overall acquisition approach, and a shakeup that saw the cancellation of one long-term aircraft program earlier this year, Army leaders remain publicly confident that the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft will come to fruition.
The Army's Program Executive Office C3T and network cross-functional team will host its 13th technical exchange meeting next month in Savannah, GA, according to a government notice.
The Pentagon expects to have about 500 more Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles than previously anticipated, according to a Selected Acquisition Report dated Dec. 31, 2023, that was released publicly last month.
The newest version of the Abrams tank, known as the M1E3, will be the Army’s first hybrid-electric combat vehicle, leveraging lessons learned from the Ukrainian battlefield, a senior defense official said Monday.
The Army awarded Sikorsky a $1.2 billion contract modification for foreign military sales of the Black Hawk helicopter to Austria, Brazil, Greece, Sweden and Thailand, according to a Pentagon contract notice posted Oct. 28.
In the spring of 2022, the Army was in the process of rolling out its 15-year organic industrial base modernization plan. Russia's invasion of Ukraine was also beginning around the same time, recalled Richard Martin, Army Materiel Command's executive director for supply chain management last week during an interview at the Association of the U.S. Army's annual trade show.
The Army has awarded Teledyne FLIR Defense a $91 million, five-year contract for its Black Hornet 4 personal reconnaissance drones, the company recently announced.
With the Army's decision to end its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program earlier this year, officials touted the developmental Launched Effects initiative last week at the Association of the United States Army's annual trade show in Washington.
The Army has awarded Leidos a $331 million contract that aligns with the service's network modernization strategy and Unified Network Plan, the information technology company announced today.
Army Program Executive Officer for Aviation Brig. Gen. David Phillips said this week at the Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington that the service now expects the T901 Improved Turbine Engine to enter milestone C, the production phase, in the 2028 to 2029 timeframe.
Prime contractor Lockheed Martin has thus far delivered 10 Sentinel A4 radar systems to the Army. And the company expects to begin deliveries of 19 systems in fiscal year 2025 under a low-rate initial production contract, Lockheed executives told Inside Defense today on the showroom floor of the Association of the U.S. Army conference.
The Army will add two more divisions to its "transformation in contact" initiative, along with two armored brigade combat teams, two Stryker brigade combat teams and additional formations in the National Guard and reserves, Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George announced today.
RTX, the umbrella company of subsidiaries Raytheon and Collins Aerospace, demonstrated two Launched Effects capabilities at the Army's Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event (EDGE) last month at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ.
With the focus of Replicator 2 being on counter small unmanned systems, Army acquisition chief Doug Bush says the service will try to expand on buying systems that already work well as part of the push.
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said today that a stopgap funding measure passed by Congress last month is delaying more than $8 billion in projects and programs.