The Pentagon's Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) has released a request for white papers related to the office's next demonstration, scheduled for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The Pentagon's Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) has released a request for white papers related to the office's next demonstration, scheduled for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025.
The Army is targeting the end of fiscal year 2025 for the next requirement update to its Launched Effects program, following its Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event (EDGE) this month at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ.
The Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Ronald Clark by voice vote to be the Army's top commander in the Pacific Tuesday, following a hold by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), according to the Congressional Record.
The Army has lifted its stop-work order for an August contract awarded to AeroVironment worth up to $990 million for the Switchblade loitering munitions system.
The Army has issued a stop-work order following a bid protest filed with the Government Accountability Office to award a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract worth up to $990 million to AeroVironment for the Switchblade loitering munitions system.
Anduril is collaborating with Microsoft to integrate its Lattice software platform into the Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System, Anduril announced today.
A six-month continuing resolution would significantly harm a variety of modernization programs in the areas of air and missile defense, unmanned systems and munitions production, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth wrote in a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) today.
Army acquisition czar Doug Bush says the United States has been successful in delivering on its commitment to support Ukraine with an aggressive ramp-up of key munitions. But doing so for future world conflicts will require more advanced planning and effort to ensure adequate surge capacity exists prior to the beginning of the conflict.
In a new request for information released last week, the Army is asking industry for extended range “compatible missile technologies” of the Stinger air defense system in support of the extended-range Counter small unmanned systems (XRC) science and technology program.
Testing for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor is on schedule, according to the Army, but Senate appropriators have proposed cutting half the funding for the program in fiscal year 2025.
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said this week that the "ubiquity and density" of drones that are being used in the Russia-Ukraine war have provided key lessons for the United States and will lead to "significant investments" in unmanned systems, counter UAS and electronic warfare in the fiscal year 2026 budget.
The Army has selected Anduril Industries’ Ghost X and Performance Drone Works’ C-100 for the first tranche of the service’s new company-level small uncrewed aircraft system directed requirement, the Program Executive Office for Aviation announced Wednesday.
The prototypes of the two competing vendors in the Army's Future Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft System program have undergone Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) "conformance evaluations" as well as flight tests, the service announced today.
Army acquisition chief Doug Bush said today that he expects the Army will have awarded $350 million in contracts under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program by the end of fiscal year 2024, surpassing last year's total.
Production lead time for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System would increase from 24 to 30 months under a six-month continuing resolution that House Republicans have proposed, according to a letter from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Army acquisition chief Doug Bush says the Army is still on track to meet its objective of producing 100,000 155mm rounds per month by late fiscal year 2025, but various engineering challenges in the production process have led to delays that can sometimes last a few weeks.
The Army is asking industry to provide information about self-propelled howitzer systems that have a high level of maturity and could be in service as early as 2026 absent any government investment, according to a request for information the service issued Aug. 28.
During its Experimental Gateway Demonstration Event (EDGE) this month at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ, the Army plans to further refine its requirements and acquisition strategy for unmanned systems and Launched Effects.
The areas of unmanned aerial systems, counter UAS and electronic warfare are slated to undergo budgetary line item consolidation when the fiscal year 2026 budget is rolled out next spring, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said today.
The Army has increased the ceiling of an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System by $3.4 billion, according to manufacturer Lockheed Martin.