The Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system program has been approved for full-rate production for 49 aircraft, according to the Army's UAS project manager.
Friday, December 6, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
The Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system program has been approved for full-rate production for 49 aircraft, according to the Army's UAS project manager.
Senate authorizers want the Army secretary to provide them with a report on the service's Installation Command's long-term management plan for the Kwajalein Atoll in the South Pacific, according to the Senate Armed Services Committee's report accompanying its mark of the fiscal year 2014 defense authorization bill released June 24.
Inside the Army reported on Monday that the Royal Thai Army planned to buy six LUH-72A Lakota helicopters that would be built on the same production line as the Army's Lakotas in Columbus, MS, marking the first foreign military sale of the aircraft.
The Medium Extended Air Defense System's participation in a large NATO exercise in May and June has been deemed "successful" by the contractor team leading the program.
The Army signed a much-anticipated $4 billion multiyear contract with Boeing to build 177 CH-47F Chinook helicopters, according to a company statement issued today.
The Army's deployment strategy for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system will likely consist of a balance between continental United States-based and forward-positioned batteries, the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command chief said today.
Back in January 2012, Inside the Army reported the Defense Department inspector general had concluded the Army should become the executive agent for non-standard rotary-wing aircraft for DOD -- this after finding that the military did not adequately manage the acquisition and support of these aircraft, according to a Jan. 5 summary of a report then marked "for official use only."
The Army and Boeing flew the first of four Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance system aircraft on May 22 at a Beechcraft facility in Wichita, KS, according to a Boeing statement released today.
To keep its technology options open, the Army should retain two contractors for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile's engineering and manufacturing development phase, House lawmakers said last week.
Lawmakers want the defense secretary to provide a report to Congress on whether the Defense Department plans to kill or keep the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization.
Army readiness is at risk due to fiscal constraints that could impact the service's ability to respond to emergencies quickly with a tailored force, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno warned today.
The Joint Requirements Oversight Council has approved the Army's Future Vertical Lift program's initial capabilities document, a major step forward in the effort to field a new family of aircraft some time in the 2030s, according to Army officials.
The Army has pegged several major acquisition programs for budget transfers to help pay warfighting bills accumulated in Afghanistan in fiscal year 2013, with the Apache helicopter, the Warfighter Information Network Tactical system and armored trucks being among the biggest bill-payers, according to a draft Pentagon reprogramming request obtained by InsideDefense.com.
The Army has saved $10.5 million in fiscal year 2013 by identifying subsystems and components on unmanned aircraft systems that require reset as they return from theater rather than resetting the entire aircraft, according to the service's UAS fleet manager.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno set the record straight that the Army is not shirking commercial off-the-shelf software at the expense of its warfighters in favor of its own Distributed Common Ground System after Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), during a House hearing today, contended the Army had ignored a unit's request for a specific commercial product.
Jim Thomas, the director of studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, argues in a new essay -- published in the latest edition of Foreign Affairs -- that as the Defense Department shifts its attention to the Asia Pacific region, the Army can burnish its case for a greater role by focusing more on land-based missile systems and less on its ground expeditionary forces:
FORT WORTH, TX -- The equipment maintenance skills of soldiers in the field have atrophied due to an increased reliance on contractor maintenance support, according to several Army leaders.
The Army plans to dramatically scale back its planned procurement of the LUH-72A Lakota helicopter, according to the service's fiscal year 2014 budget request, but Lakota maker EADS plans to push to reverse the plan, according to the company's CEO.
FORT WORTH, TX -- AgustaWestland chose the toned-down, budget-conscious gathering of the Army Aviation Association of America this week to officially lift the curtain on its contender for the Army's Armed Aerial Scout helicopter program.
The Army plans to dramatically scale back its planned procurement of the LUH-72A Lakota helicopter, according to the service's fiscal year 2014 budget request, but Lakota maker EADS plans to push to reverse the plan, the company's CEO said.