The Army should slow Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle production to 15 aircraft in fiscal year 2013 due to testing issues, the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee says in its FY-13 defense spending bill.
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Saturday, May 11, 2024
The Army should slow Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle production to 15 aircraft in fiscal year 2013 due to testing issues, the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee says in its FY-13 defense spending bill.
The Army no longer intends to pit two competitors in a vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aerial system flyoff in Afghanistan, according to the service's product manager for UAS modernization.
The president has picked Army Maj. Gen. James Barclay to become the service's new programming chief, according to a Defense Department statement issued today.
The Army has decided not to continue its ARGUS A-160 quick-reaction capability due to the projected cost and risk involved in continuing the effort with Boeing, the service's acting product manager for unmanned aerial systems modernization said today.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno sent letters last week to key House and Senate lawmakers arguing against zeroing out the Medium Extended Air Defense System's fiscal year 2013 funding, a move he claimed would kill the program before the end of its proof-of-concept phase.
Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall late last month approved a new acquisition plan for the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, which could save the Army $1.75 billion over the next five years, according to a May 24 acquisition decision memorandum.
The Army's Intelligence and Security Command has been tasked with leading the intelligence community in advancing the fusion of multisource intelligence in an emerging cloud-computing infrastructure, the service's new deputy chief of staff for intelligence said today.
The Government Accountability Office today denied ITT Electronic Systems' protest challenging the Army's decision to award contracts for the Common Infrared Countermeasures program to competitors Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems.
Army Aviation Program Executive Officer Maj. Gen. Tim Crosby said he is getting preliminary results back on studies to better understand the stress of high operational tempo on Army rotorcraft.
Acting Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall signed a Joint Air-to-Ground Missile program acquisition decision memorandum on March 20, paving the way for the Army to continue the effort and "explore evolutionary and more affordable alternatives," a Pentagon spokeswoman said.
The Army plans to downsize the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon system by three batteries and 66 interceptors as part of its fiscal year 2013 budget request, according to a House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee tabulation of missile-defense proposals.
The Army would be forced to cut an additional 100,000 troops and four to six more brigades should "sequestration" budget reductions come to pass, Army Secretary John McHugh said last week.
COLUMBUS, MS -- Army leaders are weighing the possibility of assuming the C-27J airlifters the Air Force intends to mothball, according to Maj. Gen. Tim Crosby, the Army's program executive officer for aviation.
Air Force C-130 cargo aircraft will be attached to Army units to fulfill intra-theater airlift needs in Afghanistan, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said today.
The Pentagon today rolled out a defense budget request for fiscal year 2013 that includes $185 billion for the Army, announcing program terminations expected to be worth $4.7 billion over the next five years.
Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems have won technology-development contracts for the Army's Common Infrared Countermeasures system, the service said today.
The Army is reevaluating plans to build a facility for the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor aerostat system at Ft. Bliss, TX, after the fiscal year 2013 defense budget plan put the program on the back burner due to operational concerns and reverberations from a 2010 accident that destroyed one of the systems.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said he signed a memorandum of understanding this morning setting up an arrangement for the Air Force to provide ground support to the Army using C-130s rather than C -27Js, which the Army hoped would replace its retiring C-23 Sherpas.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said today that the Air Force's C-27J cargo aircraft program is likely to be killed, thwarting the Army's plan to use the aircraft to fill its direct support capability needs.
Defense Department acting acquisition chief Frank Kendall has proposed altering plans for the remaining work on the Medium Extended Air Defense System program to reduce cost, raising the specter of early termination, according to defense officials.