BAE Systems said today it will close an armored vehicle manufacturing facility in Sealy, TX, by the end of next June, despite previously announced plans to build the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle there.
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Tony Bertuca is chief editor of Inside the Pentagon, the flagship publication of InsideDefense, where he focuses on defense budget and acquisition policy. He previously worked for the Sun-Times News Group in his hometown of Chicago, IL, and at the New Hampshire Union Leader in Manchester, NH. Tony has also served as managing editor of Inside the Army. He has a master's degree in journalism from Boston University.
BAE Systems said today it will close an armored vehicle manufacturing facility in Sealy, TX, by the end of next June, despite previously announced plans to build the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle there.
The Army's Ground Combat Vehicle program is seeking information from industry on a possible combined active protection system and hostile fire detection system, according to a request for information released on Oct. 2.
The leaders of several key manufacturing unions joined BAE Systems today to lobby the Army for increased funding to protect the nation's combat vehicle industrial base, in particular the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
The military's service chiefs appeared before the House Armed Services Committee today to warn lawmakers that automatic budget cuts triggered by sequestration would do irreparable harm to America's national defense.
General Dynamics Land Systems announced today that it has been awarded $118 million by the Army to convert 66 flat-bottom Stryker vehicles into more protected, double-V hull configurations.
Navistar Defense and AM General will file a protest with the Government Accountability Office after losing out on a $562 million contract U.S. Special Operations Command recently awarded to General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems for the Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1.
The Army last week told Congress how the service plans to use additional Abrams tank funding that lawmakers insisted on in fiscal year 2013, though the plan could have ramifications for FY-14 as well.
All three companies competing for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle engineering and manufacturing development contract have announced that they have delivered 22 prototypes to the Army and Marine Corps ahead of schedule.
Oshkosh Defense delivered its first Joint Light Tactical Vehicle prototype to the Army and Marine Corps last week, according to a company announcement.
General Dynamics Information Systems announced today that it has successfully completed a comprehensive risk-reduction program for the Navy's Knifefish Surface Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Undersea Vehicle.
The Army is poised to purchase 337 Stryker vehicles that have been converted from standard flat-bottoms to more protected double-V hull configurations, while also making the DVH a fleet-wide requirement, InsideDefense.com has learned.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said today that budget pressures are forcing the service to consider delaying the purchase of a new Ground Combat Vehicle -- along with imagining scenarios in which it may not be bought at all.
Early findings from the Army's "deep dive" assessment of the combat vehicle industrial base suggest there is significant manufacturing redundancy that could be consolidated, according to a report obtained by InsideDefense.com.
The Army's Rapid Equipping Force is touting the development of a new device that will quickly increase the fuel efficiency of the some of the service's biggest gas guzzlers, though the product is unlikely to reach Afghanistan before American forces exit the country, according to Army officials.
One of the Army's top acquisition officials said today that the service is now working with Congress to review options to preserve the combat vehicle industrial base as "devastating" budget troubles continue to envelope the Pentagon.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has denied more than $360 million in Defense Department requests to use Army vehicle funding to pay war-related bills in Afghanistan, according to a congressional letter.
In a long-expected shift that will impact military installations across the nation -- and is likely to affect a variety of acquisition programs -- the Army announced today that it will cut 12 of its 45 active brigade combat teams.
Congressional defense committees are still debating a variety of issues related to the Pentagon's fleet of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, despite the fact no further purchases are expected from the Army or Marine Corps and both services plan to divest huge numbers of the vehicles.
The Defense Acquisition Board is slated to consider approving the launch of the Army's Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle program on July 1, though the service is proceeding carefully and closely monitoring cost projections, according to officials with knowledge of the schedule.
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee has denied or curtailed a host of Defense Department requests to transfer funding from Army vehicle programs to pay warfighting bills accumulated in Afghanistan, according to congressional documents.