The Army's Rapid Equipping Force is building its third Expeditionary Lab, but where that lab will be fielded and how it will be used remain unclear, according to the REF's director.
Friday, December 6, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
The Army's Rapid Equipping Force is building its third Expeditionary Lab, but where that lab will be fielded and how it will be used remain unclear, according to the REF's director.
The Army is addressing concerns raised by Pentagon testers about its Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system, according to officials in the service's UAS project office.
The Rapid Equipping Force, one of many temporary organizations created to respond to needs posed by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is slated to become a formal Army organization, according to the REF's director.
The Army has awarded five companies contracts that give them the opportunity to compete to sell small, unmanned aircraft systems to the service on a quarterly basis, according to the Army's product manager for small UAS.
The Pentagon's acquisition chief has directed the services to provide information on the impact of a 10 percent cut to science and technology programs, according to guidance on handling budgetary uncertainty issued Jan. 15.
Army aviation officials want to hold a competition for a new, armed aerial scout helicopter to replace its aging Kiowa Warrior fleet, but a final decision has not been made by top Army leaders on whether to move forward with the effort, according to a service official.
Boeing must deliver all four engineering and manufacturing development Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System aircraft to the Army by September 2013 under the terms of a newly revised contract, the Army's EMARSS program manager said in a recent statement.
House and Senate authorizers want the Army's thoughts on the concept of putting a forward-based X-band missile defense radar on a rotating platform, according to a Dec. 18 conference report on the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill.
The Distributed Common Ground System-Army will not lose capability when fielded without a top-secret "enclave" that caused problems when originally incorporated into the system, according to serviced officials and documents.
The Army plans to hold a competition for future replacements of its small unmanned aircraft systems -- an inventory currently made up of Ravens and Pumas -- opening an opportunity for companies to build systems for the service's next generation of "rucksack portable" UAS, according to an Army official.
The key to maintaining the Army Reserve's relevancy and readiness as the service draws down after 10 years of war is through training with the active Army and National Guard, ensuring that reservists are used for missions when ready, and aligning Reserve units with combatant commands in theater, the Army Reserve chief said today.
The Army is no longer planning to integrate and test advanced mission systems on demonstrator air vehicles as part of the Joint Multi-Role helicopter technology development effort, according to a briefing delivered at a Nov. 1 pre-solicitation conference in Williamsburg, VA.
Proposals aimed at elevating the status of two Army commands that embody central thrusts of the Obama administration's defense policy are still pending, with at least one of the moves continuing to face questions, according to an Army official.
The Army must figure out how it can continue to deliver capability quickly once funding for overseas contingency operations, which allows for rapid acquisition, decreases as the war winds down in Afghanistan, according to the G-8 force development director.
The Army has awarded contracts to six companies to study future Joint Multi-Role rotorcraft mission systems technology, according to Army and industry officials.
The Army is seeking counter-unmanned aerial system capabilities that could be included in next year's Black Dart exercise, designed to allow officials to test systems against drone threats, according to a Sept. 19 request for information.
Acting Army acquisition chief Heidi Shyu is concerned that Palantir Technologies may be providing intelligence software to an Army infantry division for training without a formal contract, telling Army Secretary John McHugh in an Aug. 16 email obtained by Inside the Army that she had called for a review of the matter and directed "prompt corrective actions."
A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile intercepted and destroyed an aerodynamic tactical ballistic missile target at White Sands Missile Range, NM, today, according to a Lockheed Martin statement.
Boeing and the State Department are looking to provide D-Model CH-47 Chinooks to Libya, according to a company official.
The Army is working to increase its capability to counter unmanned aerial system threats, though its efforts remain in the early stages as potential enemy threats are an ever-increasing concern, according to officials and experts.