The Army has received an approved set of operational requirements for its efforts countering small drones and is planning engagements with industry to address specific focus areas, the service leader in charge told reporters yesterday.
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The Army has received an approved set of operational requirements for its efforts countering small drones and is planning engagements with industry to address specific focus areas, the service leader in charge told reporters yesterday.
Honeywell has secured a five-year contract for the repair and overhaul of its T55-GA-714A engines that operate on the Army's CH-47 Chinook fleet, the company announced this week.
The Pentagon has cut funding for the Army’s Paladin Integrated Management System due to an award delay and change in acquisition strategy, part of a larger fiscal year 2018 reprogramming action.
The Army yesterday released a request for information to help inform potential use of satellite communications services to modernize the service's logistics network.
Collins Aerospace wants to create a version of a helmet-mounted display for future vertical lift platforms, a company official told Inside Defense this week.
Sikorsky and Boeing's joint proposal for the Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft effort, the SB-1 Defiant, achieved speeds up to 232 knots using less-than-full engine power during a flight demonstration, company officials said today.
The Army, with Textron, has completed the live-fire test portion of the RQ-7 Shadow V2 Block III drone follow-on operational test and evaluation effort, according to company and service officials.
Bell will soon start assembling the 360 Invictus, its prototype for the Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, after being selected earlier this year to move onto the effort's competitive flight test phase, company officials tell Inside Defense.
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Elbit Systems of America a contract for production support of the Aviator's Night Vision Imaging System Heads-Up Display, Elbit announced today.
Collins Aerospace has won an award through an other transaction authority for phase three of the Army's second generation of the Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing System, the service announced today.
The Army has released a draft request for proposals asking for help with cyberspace, electronic warfare and signal capabilities development and modernization.
The Army today announced it has discontinued the Asymmetric Warfare Group and Rapid Equipping Force as the service transitions its focus from counterinsurgency operations to multidomain operations and large-scale combat operations.
A government watchdog says the Army lacks coordinated practices to share lessons from entering into alternative contracting agreements and should improve its use of alternative approaches by enhancing oversight and communication.
AeroVironment officials yesterday unveiled the company’s new next-generation loitering missile, including a new system with extended endurance and multipurpose, anti-armor munition capabilities.
The Army today released its Small Unmanned Aircraft System Strategy, detailing how the service will align resources and make decisions to facilitate tactical overmatch using the aircraft through 2035.
The Army today wrapped up Cyber Quest 2020, its annual live prototyping assessment, helping the service identify advanced cyber, electronic warfare and signal technologies and informing requirements for warfighters.
The Army last week achieved its first flight of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter with GE Aviation's T408 engines and plans to conduct additional flight tests through the end of the year.
YUMA PROVING GROUND, AZ -- Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said integrated tactical network sets being developed by the Network Cross-Functional Team will vastly improve the service's network capability and resilience, following a Project Convergence demonstration here.
YUMA PROVING GROUND, AZ -- The Army recently wrapped up its first Project Convergence sensor-to-shooter learning campaign that explores the service's role in the Air Force-led Joint All-Domain Command and Control effort, with senior officials stressing the need for a unified, resilient network and having the right people to contribute to the Joint Force.
The Defense Department is inviting industry to a virtual open house Oct. 30 focusing on counter-small unmanned aircraft systems, according to a notice posted today.