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Oshkosh Defense's revenue and operating income grew by double digits in the most recent quarter, on the back of increased Joint Light Tactical Vehicle sales and the inclusion of Pratt Miller results, Oshkosh announced July 29.
Increasing demand in Europe could allow General Dynamics' combat vehicle business to grow in coming years, even if Army budgets remain flat, the company's chief executive said July 28.
House authorizers want the Army to submit a report on efforts to increase the rate of fire on the Extended Range Cannon Artillery, a self-propelled howitzer the Army is developing that will fire 70 kilometers.
The House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee's mark of the fiscal year 2022 defense bill, released today, would approve requests by the Army to sign multiyear procurement contracts for some of its helicopters.
The House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee wants to require the Army to brief the full committee on ground vehicle electrification research.
The Army has invited industry to apply for the Extended Range Soft Recoil Technologies program, which will develop a soft recoil system for next-generation towed 155 mm howitzer projects, according to a July 20 Army notice.
The first increment of the concept design phase of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program will be worth $26.6 million for each of the five selected companies, a higher figure than the Army had previously advertised, according to July 26 contract announcements.
The Army has awarded contracts for the concept design phase of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle competition to five companies, including one non-traditional contractor, the service announced today.
Raytheon Technologies' Coyote Block 3 non-kinetic effector defeated a swarm of 10 drones in a recent test funded by the Army's Indirect Fires and Rapid Capabilities Office, the company announced July 21.
The Senate Armed Services Committee authorized increased funding for several legacy Army ground vehicles whose funding levels were cut in the service's fiscal year 2022 budget request, according to a summary the committee released July 22 of its version of the defense authorization bill.
The Army could electrify humvees when it introduces electric powertrains to its light tactical vehicle fleet, a service official said July 21.
The Army has funded five companies to develop prototypes of robotic and artificial intelligence technologies that could make dismounted infantry platoons 10 times more effective, the service announced July 21.
The process for refueling the Army's cargo-hauling heavy trucks has virtually never changed.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control won a $160 million contract to supply the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps and Taiwan, the Pentagon announced July 14.
Better communication with industry and more consistent messaging of requirements could allow the Army to expand the tactical wheeled vehicle industrial base, the Government Accountability Office said in a July 15 report, echoing the Army's analysis of the issue.
After considering alternative acquisition strategies, the Army determined a single-source acquisition was best for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle follow-on contract, a service official told Inside Defense.
The House Appropriations Committee is proposing a $79 million boost to spending on the Army's Paladin Integrated Management program, which upgrades the service's self-propelled howitzers.
President Biden intends to nominate Gabe Camarillo as the Army under secretary, the White House announced today.
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee is asking the Army to consider "alternative competitive acquisition strategies" for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle in its report accompanying the fiscal year 2022 spending bill. (UPDATED)
The Army released the request for proposals July 6 for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft to the two competitors in the demonstration and risk-reduction phases of the program, Textron's Bell and a Sikorsky-Boeing team.