Thursday, April 24, 2025
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Ft. Greely, AK is being used as a testbed of sorts for counter UAS capabilities such as non-kinetic radars and low collateral effects interceptors, which will inform future counter UAS development at sites throughout the continental United States, the commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command said today.
The Army last month officially updated its requirements document for the Launched Effects program to better reflect its new approach of incorporating both the air and ground domains.
The Army has laid out a plan to initiate a science and technology demonstration effort for hybrid-electric, vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft systems, according to a request for information posted this week.
Bell Textron’s revenues were up $93 million in the second quarter of calendar year 2024 compared with the second quarter of 2023, executives said in the company’s quarterly earnings call today.
The Army is asking for industry responses to a request for information published last month that seeks to identify potential sources for manufacturing the M284 155mm cannon tube.
The Army has awarded a $251 million contract to Sikorsky for UH-60M Black Hawk aircraft that will be used for foreign military sales to Croatia and Jordan, according to a notice from the Pentagon posted Thursday.
The Army's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office is seeking to develop a high-energy laser that can defeat groups 1 through 3 unmanned systems, according to a government notice posted Wednesday asking vendors to submit white papers.
Senate authorizers are asking the Army secretary to submit a proposal for "consolidating" funding lines related to small unmanned systems, according to the Senate version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill.
Senate authorizers, in their version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill, have proposed cutting most of the procurement funding requested by the Army in the upcoming fiscal year for its Integrated Visual Augmentation System.
The Senate Armed Services Committee would add funding for multiple items listed on the Army's unfunded priorities list related to unmanned systems and air and missile defense in its version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill.
The Army's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office released a series of requests for information today related to the service's new Multi-Domain Artillery Cannon System (MDACS) effort.
The Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $227 million contract for the Army Tactical Missile System guided missile and launching assembly, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.
The Army's new Mid-Range Capability (MRC) weapon system, a new middle tier acquisition rapid prototyping effort, has yet to establish a "sound business case," according to the Government Accountability Office's Weapon Systems Annual Assessment.
The Army has awarded Mastodon Design LLC a contract worth nearly $100 million for the procurement, training and fielding of the Terrestrial Layer System-Brigade Combat Team Manpack system, the service announced today.
The Army has accepted two T901 engines that will be integrated and tested under the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), manufacturer GE Aerospace announced Thursday. The two engines will be flight tested on the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
Army acquisition chief Doug Bush said this week that the United States is on track to reach a production rate of 55,000 155mm rounds per month by the end of this summer.
The delivery of the first CH-47F Block II aircraft to the Army is expected to occur sometime in the next week, according to prime contractor Boeing.
As the Army works to reduce risk in its design of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, the service has included Naval Air Systems Command engineers that previously worked on the V-22 Osprey in the process, with the goal of incorporating lessons learned from the Osprey into FLRAA.
The Army issued a request for information this week focused on radio frequency/electronic warfare object detection and recognition, with the goal of identifying companies that will "support enterprise model training."
The Defense Department awarded GE Aerospace a $1.1 billion multiyear contract last week for the procurement of T700 turbine engines, which will be used in Army helicopters, as well as for other services.