Toby O’Brien, chief financial officer of Raytheon, told Defense One in an interview published Thursday that the company “did get some incremental work” when it comes to hypersonics and counter-hypersonics and saw its backlog rise to approximately $750M through the third quarter of 2019.
Read More »Raytheon-Rheinmetall JV, General Dynamics Bid for Army OMFV Combat Vehicle Program
The U.S. Army has received proposals from vendors seeking to build prototypes for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program, which seeks to replace the service branch’s Bradley fighting vehicles by 2026, Defense News reported Tuesday.
Read More »Raytheon Unveils Joint Offerings to Support Army Operations
Raytheon has formed partnerships with defense firms to develop new offerings focused on next-generation ground vehicles, munition systems and avionics platforms.
Read More »Col. Chuck Worshim: Army Picks General Dynamics as Interim Short-Range Air Defense Platform Integrator
Col. Chuck Worshim, program manager for cruise missile defense systems at the U.S. Army’s program executive office missiles and space, has said General Dynamics’ land systems business will serve as the platform integrator for the service’s Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense platform, Defense News reported Thursday. The IM-SHORAD system seeks to address …
Read More »Reports: Bulgaria Eyes Fighter Aircraft, Combat Vehicle Procurement
The government of Bulgaria has asked the parliament’s permission to approve the planned procurement of up to 16 fighter aircraft and 150 combat vehicles, SeeNews.com reported Wednesday. Bulgaria intends to make the fighter jet procurement in two phases with plans to buy up to eight aircraft worth approximately $1.1 billion …
Read More »Report: Army Eyes Short-Range Air Defense System Contract Award by August
The U.S. Army plans to have a contract in place by August for mission equipment packages to convert Stryker armored vehicles into short-range air defense systems and expects to have prototypes by the spring of 2019, Defense News reported Wednesday. Col. Chuck Worshim, project manager for cruise missile defense systems …
Read More »BAE’s US Subsidiary Responds to Army Mobile Protected Firepower Vehicle RFP
BAE Systems has proposed a combat vehicle for the U.S. Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower program. The MPF program seeks to provide the service’s infantry brigade combat teams with a precision firepower capability and help IBCTs maneuver through various terrain conditions, BAE said Thursday. Jim Miller, director of business development at BAE’s …
Read More »Barry Pike: Army Eyes Stryker as Base Platform for Temporary Short-Range Air Defense System
Barry Pike, program executive officer for missiles and space at the U.S. Army, has said the service considers using the Stryker combat vehicle as the basis for its provisional Manuever-Short-Range Air Defense system in response to a SHORAD capability gap identified in Europe in 2016, Defense News reported Thursday. “At this …
Read More »Cummins-Achates Power Team to Build Engine for Army Combat Vehicles
Cummins has teamed up with Achates Power to build and demonstrate an engine for the U.S. Army’s next-generation tactical and combat vehicles under a $47.4 million contract. Cummins said Thursday it secured the contract from the National Advanced Mobility Consortium as part of the Advanced Combat Engine project that supports the Army …
Read More »Army Seeks Industry Partners to Develop Combat Vehicle Prototypes
The Army Contracting Command has launched a market research effort to identify potential vendors that can help the U.S. Army develop combat vehicle prototypes. According to a notice posted Monday on the FedBizOpps website, the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Detroit Arsenal Automotive Prototype Project aims to design, demonstrate, engineer, fabricate, integrate, schedule and test …
Read More »Army Eyes General Dynamics for Combat Vehicle SIGINT System Upgrade Contract
The U.S. Army plans to award General Dynamics a sole-source contract to update signals intelligence technology of the branch’s combat vehicles in order to help troops identify and counter signal emissions in the battlefield, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes the potential contract with General Dynamics’ mission systems segment covers work to …
Read More »BAE Opens Michigan Military Vehicle Campus
BAE Systems opened its Sterling Heights, Mich.-based campus Thursday for engineering, program management and prototyping projects. The company said the it constructed the $58 million campus to include an office and prototype facility and the ability to house nearly 600 program managers, engineers and support staff. Frank Pope, president of …
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