The House Appropriations defense subcommittee is recommending further budget cuts to the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle in its draft of the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill.
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Saturday, September 14, 2024
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee is recommending further budget cuts to the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle in its draft of the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill.
BAE Systems has received a $600 million contract to maintain the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle and the M113 armored personnel carrier over the next five years, the Army announced July 7.
AeroVironment today announced the release of a new ground control system, Crysalis, that will provide a standardized user experience across a range of the company's small drones, including the Puma, Raven and Wasp.
The Army has asked to more than double its fiscal year 2020 spending on humvee recapitalization, partially at the expense of Joint Light Tactical Vehicle funding, according to an omnibus reprogramming request the Pentagon sent to Congress last month.
Oshkosh Defense has received a $152 million order for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle from the U.S. military and the militaries of four European countries, according to a June 30 Defense Department announcement.
House appropriators would increase Army aircraft procurement funding for fiscal year 2022 by $409 million beyond the Biden administration's budget request under legislation that passed a subcommittee today.
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee is supporting funding for a number of the Army's top modernization priorities, according to its draft mark of the fiscal year 2022 spending bill.
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee has proposed funding Army National Guard humvee modernization in fiscal year 2022, despite the Army not requesting money for the program, according to a summary of the panel's draft mark released today.
Retired Gen. Robert Brown, former commander of U.S. Army Pacific, will take over as the next president of the Association of the United States Army, the organization announced June 22.
The military might have to constantly modify its data architectures as technology advances, rather than developing a standard that remains the same for an extended period, the leader of Army Futures Command said June 23.
Bell's V-280 Valor, its offering for the Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, has completed a three-year flight-test program, and the company is preparing for the expected release of a request for proposals this summer, Bell announced June 24.
The Army expects that Congress will not pass an appropriations bill before the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1, and that there will instead be a continuing resolution, the director of the Army budget said June 24.
The Army National Guard will have to cancel or postpone training this summer if Congress does not pass a supplemental appropriation to cover the $450 million the service spent defending the Capitol, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said Tuesday.
The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is an enduring capability within the Army's ground vehicle fleet, rather than a modernization priority or a legacy system, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee June 22.
The Army is asking Congress for permission to enter into a multiyear contract to purchase the AH-64E Apache helicopter, a move the service claims could reduce procurement costs by 10%.
One of the two competing designs for the Mobile Protected Firepower, the Army's new light tank, might be light enough to be airdropped, the leader of Army Futures Command told a Senate subcommittee June 15.
The Biden administration's fiscal year 2022 budget request included $5 million for the Army to begin developing an extended-range version of the Precision Strike Missile with a range of at least 1,000 kilometers.
The Army held a live-fire demonstration of the Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher, a robotic version of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System that is in the early phases of development, today at Ft. Sill, OK.
The Army is developing a common robotic controller software that should make it easier for soldiers to operate a bevy of robots on the future battlefield, according to officials from the Ground Vehicle Systems Center.
Ten companies demonstrated their electric or hybrid-electric vehicle capabilities at an Army soldier touch point May 10-14 at Ft. Benning, GA, to help the service develop a plan for the electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle, its first electric tactical vehicle.