Saturday, October 11, 2025
The Army will complete its series of production qualification test events for the first increment of the Precision Strike Missile in fiscal year 2025, with a milestone C full-rate production decision expected in the fourth quarter, according to the Pentagon's top weapons tester.
The Army aims to enter its Extended Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System into full-rate production in the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 following years of delays in testing, according to the Pentagon's top weapons tester.
The Army's Future Unmanned Aircraft System-Air Launched Effects program won't conduct an operational demonstration until the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 -- two years after the original planned date, according to the director of operational test & evaluation's annual report.
The Army's overseas deployment last year of four Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense vehicles prevented the start of planned testing by the service's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), according to the Pentagon's top weapons tester.
Dan Driscoll, President Trump's nominee to be the next Army secretary, said during his confirmation hearing today that the service must look at directed energy as a potential cost-effective solution for countering drones.
Three former Army secretaries who spoke with Inside Defense this week say Dan Driscoll, President Trump's nominee to be Army secretary, could face a host of questions from senators as he goes through the confirmation process.
The Army wants to incorporate counter unmanned ground vehicles (C-UGV) into its plans for developing Launched Effects capabilities, according to a request for information released today.
The Army will need to make "tough choices about the budget" in the next year, the service's top uniformed officer emphasized today at an event hosted by the Association of the United States Army.
The Army is "conducting a review of existing solicitations and awards of contracts," a service spokesperson confirmed today to Inside Defense.
The Army and the Defense Department at large must decentralize their data, because going to an "enterprise data model" isn't realistic, a former Army acquisition senior official said today.
The Army issued a request for information today seeking industry capabilities to develop and manufacture the next planned variant of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, known as IVAS Next.
The Army's concerted effort to ramp up its ammunition capacity in response to the Russia-Ukraine war over the last three years will have key global implications regardless of the Trump administration's approach to Ukraine, Doug Bush said last week as he exited his role of assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology.
President-elect Trump's defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth told lawmakers Tuesday that his Army secretary "will not be focused on electric-powered tanks" if he's confirmed.
The Army has issued a request for information seeking industry response as it prepares to award prototyping contracts for its Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) initiative, the service announced today.
Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo, soon to leave office, says the fiscal year 2026 budget cycle will include funding for key modernization initiatives such as unmanned systems, but the next administration will ultimately be forced to balance that with other priorities, such as improving housing for soldiers.
Outgoing Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo says the Army wants to prioritize hybrid electric drive vehicles and suggested recently that it may be too soon to move forward in developing an all-electric combat vehicle.
The Army issued a request for information today seeking aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance Launched Effects capabilities that can be integrated on medium/high-altitude aerial platforms.
An ultimately unsuccessful bid by L3Harris for the Army's High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) spy plane program failed due to a lack of technical detail the company provided in its proposal, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The Army will convene an industry summit in early March that will focus on capabilities for Project Polaris -- an effort by the service to modernize Infantry Brigade Combat Teams’ equipment.
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon a $946 million contract to supply Romania with additional Patriot air and missile defense systems, according to the company.