HDT Global, a Solon, Ohio-headquartered defense products manufacturer, has established an advisory board and appointed former high-ranking U.S. military leaders Peter Talleri, Alan Thompson and Stephen Twitty as its new advisers. The three retired officials bring to the newly formed HDT board of advisers experience in the military, manufacturing, supply chain and logistics sectors, Vince […] More

HDT Global has received a contract from Northrop Grumman to deliver a mobility platform as part of the industry team’s development of the U.S. Air Force’s upcoming modernized ballistic missile defense system. HDT said Thursday it will provide a transporter erector mobile system that would move the booster stages of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent […] More

HDT Global has received a $66.6M contract modification to provide 19 transporter erector vehicles as well as spare parts to the U.S. Air Force to support the military“™s Transporter Erector Replacement Program.

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HDT Expeditionary Systems and Design West Technologies have been awarded spots on a potential five-year, $78.5M contract to supply M98 gas particulate filter sets to the U.S. Navy.

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HDT Global has collaborated with Symmetry to develop an enterprise information technology application on the Azure Government Cloud platform as part of the former's efforts to address strict regulatory requirements of military and civilian customers.

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HDT Global has received a contract to further develop a robotic system under the second phase of the U.S. Army‘s Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport program. The company said Tuesday its Wheeled Offload Logistics Follower is designed to transport up to 1,000 pounds of cargo at a distance of 100 miles without resupply as well as perform silent drive […] More

HDT Expeditionary Systems has received a $9.3 million contract to manufacture heaters for the U.S. Army‘s combat vehicles. The contract contains a 21-month base period and one 10-month option period, the Defense Department said Friday. HDT Expeditionary will carry out work in Ohio through May 15, 2018. The Defense Logistics Agency used its fiscal 2016 through […] More

The U.S. Army plans to award this month a contract to develop a ground-based small multipurpose equipment transport robotic vehicle, the Military website reported Wednesday.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected eight industry and academic entities for the fifth OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics tech sprint focused on conducting human-machine teaming activities in urban environments.

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Elbit Systems and MD Helicopters have signed a teaming agreement to incorporate new features into a scout attack helicopter platform designed for military customers.

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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