Sunday, March 23, 2025
Nickolai Sukharev covered the Army for Inside Defense until August 2024. Before joining the publication, he completed a graduate journalism degree at Georgetown University. He previously wrote for the Montgomery County Sentinel and earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland.
A Nevada-based company will build the Army's newest spy plane for $94 million, a program with the potential of reaching about $1 billion to enhance its aerial surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, the service announced Thursday.
The Army will entertain the creation of a warrant officer position specializing in data as part of its effort to transform combat echelons, according to a top training officer.
Oshkosh will continue producing the Army's heavy tactical trucks for the next five years at a cost of $1.54 billion, the Defense Department announced Tuesday.
The Army wants its brigades to focus on maneuvering and fighting while divisions will analyze data as the service fields new network and mission command systems, according to the deputy chief of staff.
Interested howitzer manufacturers will now host Army representatives to demonstrate the capability of their existing systems, a change from previously scheduled consolidated demonstrations hosted by the service in an effort to acquire a new self-propelled cannon.
Oshkosh will continue to build medium tactical trucks for the Army after receiving a $46 million contract, the Defense Department announced Tuesday.
Rheinmetall reported a 33% sales increase for the first half of 2024, a $1.04 billion increase from the same period last year, company executives reported during a quarterly earnings presentation today.
The Senate Appropriations Committee wants the Pentagon to provide Congress with future "surge capacity" costs for critical munitions as well as estimate how much industry cost-sharing or co-investment can be expected to support potential increases in production.
BAE Systems will build additional self-propelled howitzers for the Army after receiving a $274.4 million contract, the Defense Department announced Wednesday.
Oshkosh expects contract extensions for heavy and medium tactical trucks following a production drawdown for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, company executives said during a quarterly earnings call today. (UPDATED)
The Army is asking industry to manufacture antilock brake and stability control systems for the service's humvee fleet in a decade-long effort to reduce fatalities resulting from rollovers, according to a public notice.
The Army is asking industry partners for feedback to design a tactical vehicle integration lab as part of a decade-long effort to transform current combat systems, according to a public notice.
Honeywell's aerospace segment revenues rose by $550 million in the second quarter of 2024, a 16% increase from the same quarter last year, company executives announced today.
Heating and ventilation issues discovered during the M10 Booker's development and prototyping phase will not affect operational tests scheduled to begin this month, bringing the Army a step closer to fielding its newest tracked combat vehicle by 2030.
The Army will award contracts worth $118.9 million for the second phase Robotic Combat Vehicle prototypes in a multiyear effort to possibly field the first remotely controlled combat vehicle by fiscal year 2027, according to a service spokesperson.
Senate authorizers want the Army to provide options to establish secondary domestic production sources within the service's manufacturing base to address chokepoints in the ammunition supply chain.
Kongsberg defense revenue increased by 28% for the second quarter of 2024 driven in part by U.S. air defense and remotely operated weapon systems, company executives reported during a quarterly earnings presentation today.
Senate authorizers want to know when the Army plans to field active protection systems that would make combat vehicles more survivable against threats on the future battlefield.
Senate authorizers are asking the Army to speed up a program that retrofits humvees with kits designed to prevent rollovers and increase the survivability five years ahead of schedule.
The Army completed the design review for its short-range precision fire missile in the third quarter of this fiscal year, moving the nearly $8 million multiyear program closer to full operability.