Army operations and plans chief Lt. Gen. Richard Cody has been tapped to become the service's vice chief of staff, the Defense Department announced today.
Sunday, June 2, 2024
Sunday, June 2, 2024
Army operations and plans chief Lt. Gen. Richard Cody has been tapped to become the service's vice chief of staff, the Defense Department announced today.
The Army has selected Lockheed Martin to develop the Joint Common Missile, a future aviation missile system that will be compatible with all of the services, the Army announced today.
House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) today questioned the Army's plan to pay for a proposed troop increase with supplemental wartime funding, rather than add it to the fiscal year 2005 budget.
The Army has unveiled a plan to significantly change how it mans its combat units, looking to improve stability, cohesion and predictability for soldiers and their families.
The Pentagon has approved the Army's plan to address a "likely delay" to the start of the Medium-Extended Air Defense System development program, according to a Jan. 29 memo.
House lawmakers are calling for temporary end strength increases for the Army, Marine Corps and Air Force in the next five years.
DESTIN, FL -- The Army plans to deploy elevated sensor aerostats to Iraq to help commanders locate threats and defeat them from a "safe distance," according to service officials.
Defense authorizers are questioning the Pentagon's acquisition policy for missile defense systems, underscoring the challenges presented by the department's "spiral development" concepts.
The Army today activated the nation's first Ground-based Midcourse Defense brigade, which will operate the missile defense system once it is put "on alert" in September 2004, the service announced today.
The Pentagon yesterday cleared the Army to move ahead with developing its Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program, envisioned as the "backbone" for Objective Force communications, the Army announced today.
In an early morning raid on several farmhouses near Tikrit today, soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division seized a large stash of money, including $8 million in U.S. money, an Army official said today.
After considering its legal options, Oshkosh Truck Corp. has decided not to protest the results of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles competition, which last month ended in a $95.4 million contract to Stewart & Stevenson.
The Army has picked Stewart & Stevenson over Oshkosh Truck Corp. for the next phase of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles program.
The majority of the Iraqi missiles intercepted during the war so far have been destroyed by enhanced versions of the Patriot Advanced Capability-2 missile, with just "a couple" engaged by PAC-3 hit-to-kill missiles, a top missile defense official said today.
The Army has deployed an "initial aerostat capability" to Southwest Asia in support of U.S. Central Command activities in Operation Enduring Freedom, an Army spokesman said today.
The Army has delayed for several weeks the announcement of a massive contract award to build the service's next fleet of medium tactical vehicles, according to service and industry officials.
The lead systems integrator for the Army's Future Combat Systems has reached an agreement with two leading ground combat vehicle developers to collaboratively design the manned ground vehicles portion of FCS, according to industry and Army officials.
Army acquisition chief Claude Bolton has approved a proposal to accelerate the development and fielding of the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor system, sources said.
The Army today narrowed the field for the Warrior Information Network-Tactical competition to two bidders: Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and General Dynamics C4 Systems.
Boeing today released the second round of broad industry announcements for the Army's Future Combat Systems, seeking refined system and subsystem concepts, common interfaces and specifications.