Saturday, October 11, 2025
During a series of exercises held in Japan earlier this month, the Army's I Corps attempted to simulate capabilities seen during the war in Ukraine, such as electronic warfare, and also set up distributed command-and-control nodes.
The Army’s decision to award a $990 million contract to AeroVironment for the Switchblade loitering munition system without a full and open competition was justified based on temporary acquisition authorities granted by Congress in the Fiscal Year 2023 and 2024 National Defense Authorization Acts, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The Army has awarded Palantir a $400 million contract to support the Army Vantage program as it transitions to be the Army Data Platform, the technology company announced today. The contract is for a period of up to four years.
Bell Textron announced Tuesday that the company will build a production facility in Fort Worth, TX to support production of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft.
The Government Accountability Office has denied the protest of a contract awarded in August to AeroVironment worth up to $990 million for the Switchblade loitering munition system, according to GAO's website.
The Army issued a sources-sought notice last week to industry for assessing brigade-level uncrewed aircraft systems that will be used in a "follow-on demonstration" supporting maneuver elements.
The Army awarded Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky a $375.9 million contract modification for UH-60M and HH-60M Black Hawk helicopters this week, according to a Dec. 10 Pentagon contract notice.
House and Senate lawmakers are asking for specific pieces of information from the Army when it comes to Black Hawk modernization in the conference version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill.
House and Senate authorizers have added millions of procurement dollars to the conference version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill for items on the Army's unfunded priorities list, including counter unmanned systems and the Precision Strike Missile.
The Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), on behalf of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy Innovation Capability and Modernization (ICAM), plans to award $22 million in prototype projects related to strengthening the defense industrial base in fiscal year 2025.
Bombardier Defense has delivered the first prototype Global 6500 aircraft for the Army's High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES), the company announced today.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George suggested yesterday that the service can’t currently stockpile weapons and parts due to a lack of funding flexibility in the budget.
The Army aims to field up to four multifunction precision radar prototypes “integrated onto a government furnished property wheeled-vehicle platform” by late fiscal year 2027, according to a new request for white papers issued Monday.
The Army has "significantly underinvested" in electronic warfare operations up to this point, a recently released Army Science Board white paper found.
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.