The House Armed Services Committee’s chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2022 defense policy bill would authorize $21.4 billion in Army procurement, a slight increase from the $21.3 billion in the service’s budget request.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
The House Armed Services Committee’s chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2022 defense policy bill would authorize $21.4 billion in Army procurement, a slight increase from the $21.3 billion in the service’s budget request.
The cross-functional teams set up to manage 31 of the Army’s priority modernization programs will likely remain after this round of modernization has ended, Gen. John Murray, the leader of Army Futures Command, told reporters Aug. 24.
The Army has begun a competition for companies to supply the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station for five years under a contract that could be worth nearly $1.5 billion, according to a contract solicitation posted August 23.
DETROIT ARSENAL, MI -- The Army has added its leader-follower autonomous driving technology to an artillery resupply vehicle, and it could be added to self-propelled howitzers in the future, service officials said last month.
Lockheed Martin is developing an upgrade to the Q-53 counterfire target acquisition radar that will provide the system with a new digital backbone using components borrowed from the Sentinel A4.
Raytheon Technologies will supply the laser for the prototype platoon of four Directed Energy Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense systems the Army plans to field in fiscal year 2022, after competitor Northrop Grumman dropped out of the program, service officials told reporters today.
The Army could use robotic technology from the Fire Faster initiative in the Extended Range Cannon Artillery in place of the government-designed autoloader, according to the director of the Long-Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team.
The Army Requirements Oversight Council has approved a set of requirements for the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System, according to the Future Vertical Lift Cross Cross-Functional Team.
DETROIT ARSENAL, MI -- The Robotic Combat Vehicle could use some of the same components as the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, including the software that powers autonomous features, according to the director of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team.
The Army is seeking white papers from the defense industry about possible capabilities for the Joint Targeting Command and Computing System, which will coordinate joint and coalition fires from the battalion through theater levels, according to a July 19 notice.
DETROIT ARSENAL, MI -- Army force structure changes, which would adapt the service to multidomain operations, could come around 2030, Gen. Joseph Martin, the vice chief of staff of the Army, told Inside Defense in a recent interview.
The Directed Energy Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense will participate in the Project Convergence 21 exercise this fall, according to Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, director of the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office.
The Army plans three flight tests of the Common Glide Body from the upcoming Long Range Hypersonic Weapon before the first battery is fielded in fiscal year 2023, a service official said Aug. 10.
The Army placed an order for Oshkosh Defense to outfit a second Stryker brigade with the Medium Caliber Weapon System under its existing contract, Oshkosh announced today.
DETROIT ARSENAL, MI -- Development of the M1A2 SEPv4 Abrams, the next upgrade to the Army's main battle tank, is "on track," and the service is developing the schedule for testing and fielding the combat vehicle, according to Lt. Col. Lee Bruner, product manager for the Abrams.
DETROIT ARSENAL, MI -- Problems with Oshkosh Defense's solution to integrate a 30 mm cannon onto the Stryker combat vehicle are not more serious than would be expected with most combat vehicle contracts, Brig. Gen. Glenn Dean, program executive officer for ground combat systems, told Inside Defense in a July 29 interview.
DETROIT ARSENAL, MI -- Retiring the Mobile Gun System from Stryker brigades will create a capability gap in those brigades, but new capabilities the Army will add to the Stryker make it an "acceptable risk," Brig. Gen. Glen Dean, program executive officer for ground combat systems, told Inside Defense in a July 29 interview.
The Army tested a program that allows Robotic Combat Vehicle operators to see on a map where they can maneuver and maintain the wireless control of the vehicle at the Network Modernization 2021 science and technology exercise, officials from the Combat Capabilities Development Command's C5ISR Center said during a July 30 call with reporters.
The Army plans to work with small businesses to develop concepts for the Air Launched Effects that will accompany the Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft, according to a July 29 solicitation.
House authorizers want the Army to add antilock brakes and electronic stability control more aggressively to its humvee fleet to prevent rollover accidents.