Sunday, March 23, 2025
Dominic Minadeo is an Inside Defense Army reporter. Before Inside Defense, he covered a slew of topics across Vermont as an intern for VTDigger. He also reported and edited for the Center for Community News at the University of Vermont, where he graduated.
The Defense Logistics Agency is working to rehire the workers it let go at the beginning of the month after a federal judge ordered government agencies to backtrack last week, a DLA spokesperson told Inside Defense this morning.
Army pains from the yearlong continuing resolution may be assuaged by "replenishment funds" from Congress, a senior service official said today.
The Defense Department has taken steps toward upgrading its propellant and explosive materials after some congressional prodding, but it's still outmatched, according to Rep. Robert Wittman (R-VA), vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee.
The Army is turning to industry for prototype proposals for an autonomous system to integrate into its Robotic Combat Vehicle, according to a special notice the service put out today.
A Biden-era plan to test electric Infantry Squad Vehicles is in jeopardy as Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George contends the capability is not suitable for battle, while new political opposition has emerged in the White House and Pentagon to initiatives adjacent to clean energy or climate change.
A Biden-era plan to test electric Infantry Squad Vehicles is in jeopardy as Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George contends the capability is not suitable for battle, while new political opposition has emerged in the White House and Pentagon to initiatives adjacent to clean energy or climate change.
The Army will receive its second shipment of the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node before the end of March, according to an email a service spokesperson sent Inside Defense last Friday. (UPDATED)
The Army is "poised" to take a draft requirement for a medium-sized, teleoperated cargo-carrying vehicle to the Army Requirements Oversight Council for approval this spring, senior service officials announced at last week's Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Conference in Reston, VA.
The Army announced today it has approval to kick off full-rate production for the second generation of its Mounted Assured Positioning Navigation and Timing System, marking one step closer to fielding the capability to Stryker Brigade Combat Teams.
Army Futures Command's innovation lab has tapped Mach Industries to provide maneuver units with a vertical takeoff cruise missile to strike deep targets on their own, the vendor's chief executive officer told Inside Defense last Thursday.
Lack of a full-year appropriation is shelving funding and bumping timelines for the Army's Autonomous Transport Vehicle System, set to be the largest transformation to the service's sustainment community since it debuted trucks in 1915, a senior Army official said at a Tactical Wheeled Vehicles conference in Reston, VA, Feb. 25.
The Army is eyeing a new, upgraded Joint Light Tactical Vehicle despite just starting production of its latest version in January, Army and Marine Corps officials announced at a Tactical Wheeled Vehicles conference Feb. 25.
The Army has a "math problem," because costs of Tactical Wheeled Vehicle initiatives are greater than the funding for them, a service leader said at a National Defense Industrial Association conference in Reston, VA, this morning.
The Army is making the case it doesn't need to develop a sixth, fire direction-specific variant of its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, going against a recommendation the Pentagon's chief weapons tester has repeatedly put forth.
The Army is gearing up to release a request for proposals for its Common Tactical Truck program, tentatively slated for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, according to a market research survey posted to industry on Feb. 20.
The Army gleaned a few new ideas for its Infantry Squad Vehicle at a joint military exercise this past month, like mounting a winch, reconfiguring the windshield and perhaps adding doors, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George told reporters at a roundtable at the Pentagon Wednesday.
The Army revealed today it will be inviting industry to join its fiscal year 2026 self-propelled howitzer competition by the end of February, according to a notice posted this afternoon.
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted today to move Dan Driscoll's Army secretary nomination forward, according to a committee release.
Initial deliveries of the newest Joint Light Tactical Vehicle variant kicked off early this year after a six-month delay, an Army spokesperson confirmed Friday.
The Army will host an industry day March 20 to refine its requirements and plans for boosting 155mm munitions, according to a public notice posted Feb. 7.