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The U.S. Army has qualified BAE Systems’ Bofors 155mm BONUS munition for inclusion in its weapons arsenal and is purchasing rounds under an agreement with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. Each BONUS round contains two sub-munitions that use sensors to independently track and chase targets within a 32K-square-meter radius, BAE said Tuesday. The munition […] More
The U.S. Army demonstrated the performance and interoperability of Northrop Grumman‘s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System over a recent one-month trial. The Army-led demonstration took place between May and June to test the IBCS’ voice and data communication functions with live and simulated IAMD assets, the company said Tuesday. The IBCS worked jointly […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a contract modification to incorporate gallium nitride into U.S. Army radars used to protect soldiers from indirect fire. The company said Monday updating the AN/TPQ-53 radar technology with GaN can help increase the system’s performance to acquire counterfire targets. AN/TPQ-53 is designed to help military users detect, classify, track and identify the location of adversarial indirect fire in […] More
BAE Systems has received a military contract to procure 18Â M777 155mm Ultra Lightweight Howitzer gun systems to the U.S. Army. The M777 is designed to provide soldiers and Marines with tactical and strategic mobility and artillery for operations in hostile environments, the company said Monday. Joe Senftle, vice president and general manager of weapon systems […] More
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business and the U.S. Army have concluded the follow-on operational test and evaluation of a new extended-range unmanned aerial vehicle. The conclusion of the MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range‘s FOT&E phase culminated after 644 flight hours of testing that began June at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, Calif., the company said […] More
The Association of the U.S. Army has selected Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, to receive AUSA’s 2018 John W. Dixon Award in recognition of his contributions to national defense programs. “I dedicated my own career to ensuring our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines were able to do their jobs with the best technology,” Krone said in a […] More
The North American subsidiary of U.K.-based Serco Group will continue to provide web-based, full-life cycle training support to the U.S. Army‘s Joint Munitions Command and the Defense Ammunition Center under a potential five-year, $22M contract. Serco Inc. will design, build, test and maintain learning tools, applications and services to help the Army and the Defense Department strengthen mission systems, the […] More
The S-97 Raider helicopter of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has surpassed a speed record of 200 knots during a recent flight test in preparation for proposal to the U.S. Army. Lockheed said Thursday Sikorsky intends for the helicopter to become part of the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program aiming to further implement future vertical […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group and NASA have concluded tests of a parachute system that would support re-entry activities of the Orion spacecraft. The team conducted the Capsule Parachute Assembly System‘s final qualification test at the U.S. Army‘s Yuma Proving Ground facility in Arizona, the company said Thursday. During the test, a C-17 aircraft dropped the Orion capsule from […] More
The U.S. Army has awarded AM General a $51.3M contract to refurbish High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles. The company said Wednesday it will disassemble, inspect and modify Humvees at the Red River Army Depot in Texas to address the service branch’s recapitalization requirements. AM General will equip selected vehicles with an anti-lock braking system, an electronic […] More
Raytheon has developed a new mobile electronic warfare tool to help the U.S. Army manage signals without the need of external data connection or a host server. The tool, named Raven Claw, is a laptop-based EW controller designed to facilitate the manipulation of multiple sensors from a single, shared interface, the company said Thursday. Raytheon […] More
Harris will provide more than 1.K units of the AN/PRC-163 handheld radio system, equipment and support services to the U.S. Army under new orders awarded through an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Thursday its AN/PRC-163 radio uses two-channel connectivity to facilitate tactical data transmission across the battlefield network and chain of command. Army personnel use the […] More
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