Four firms have submitted proposals to address the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Cops‘ intent to further apply autonomy and robotics to warfighting, Army Times reported Wednesday. General Dynamics proposed its Multi-Utility Tactical Transport or MUTT eight-wheeler, which uses a flatbed configuration, while Polaris is pitching its MRZR X, a four-wheeled vehicle designed for all […] More

The U.S. Army intends to launch a yearlong technology demonstration effort to evaluate Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport vehicles from four contenders as part of the program’s down-select process. The service branch said Thursday it chose four out of 10 SMET proposers through a “fly-off” event that took place in November 2017 at Fort Benning in Georgia. […] More

Polaris has launched at the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International conference an unmanned ground vehicle the company and its partners proposed for the U.S. Army’s Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport program, Defense News reported Wednesday. Polaris partnered with Applied Research Associates and Neya Systems in September 2017 to offer the MRZR X unmanned vehicle for […] More

The U.S. Army has selected four companies to move to the second phase of a program that seeks to develop unmanned ground vehicles for equipment transport, Defense News reported Thursday. General Dynamics‘ land systems business, HDT Expeditionary Systems, Howe & Howe and a team of Polaris Defense and Applied Research Associates will build 20 UGVs each […] More

LiquidPiston has received a $3 million rapid innovation fund from the U.S. Army to support the development of a new portable compact artillery power system (CAPS). The company said Wednesday that the CAPS offering will power the service branch’s Howitzer M777 digital fire control system and help the Army prolong mission duration as well as […] More

An Elbit Systems subsidiary has secured a $49.9 million contract to supply helmet display tracker systems and related line items for the U.S. Navy’s MH-60 helicopters. Elbit Systems of America will deliver 126 HDTS units that will work to help the Navy’s MH-60 aircrews gain situational awareness and recognize targets through pilot/copilot line-of-sight function, the Defense Department said Wednesday. HDTS is also […] More

Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including VP and director. Albert caught […] More

An Elbit Systems company has won an $11.7 million contract modification to develop a helmet-mounted display system for U.S. Marine Corps pilots, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes Fort Worth, Texas-based EFW Inc. will produce helmet display tracker system kits for pilots of the Whiskey Cobra attack helicopter under the U.S. Naval […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More