AeroVironment introduces new line of launched effects modeled after Switchblade
The first product in the MAYHEM line is dubbed MAYHEM 10, a launched effect system with a 10lb payload.
GE warns ITEP engine program needs ‘little bit more money’ for testing in FY27 budget
After the president’s FY27 budget request zeroed out funding for the new engine, GE said more money is needed to finish qualification testing.
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How the Army could spend nearly $19 billion in RDT&E funding
The programs taking up the majority of the Army’s RDT&E funding include FLRAA, THAAD, UAS launched effects, artillery systems, hypersonic weapons, counter drone tech and M-SHORAD.
Bell, M1 advance to final phase of Army’s Flight School Next competition
During this phase members of the Army’s “technical evaluation team” will fly each aircraft to make sure they meets all of the Aviation Center of Excellence's standards.
Golden Dome, out-years and lots of missiles: Details of Trump’s $1.5T defense budget request
Everything you need to know about the record setting fiscal 2027 defense budget request.
Hegseth fires Army’s top officer, Gen. Randy George
A Defense Department official confirmed a report that George has been asked to step down by Hegseth.
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Voyager is fortifying the U.S. Defense supply chain
Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.
Army’s enterprise contracting vehicles likely to speed procurement but not without risk
An expert and former defense officials told Breaking Defense that the service’s push to award high ceiling, prolonged contracts could speed up acquisition processes but ultimately only time will determine their effectiveness.
Army aiming for ITEP to reach full qualification by 2028, senior leaders say
The engine was originally scheduled to be delivered in 2022, but after years of delays due to supply chain issues triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic along with trouble with manufacturing advanced parts, delivery has still not occurred.
Army may reexamine ground vehicle programs amid ‘constantly evolving’ environment: Official
When it comes to other programs that could see a reworking, the official pointed to a recent commercial solutions opening for the Common Tactical Truck program.
Companies to enter negotiations to build commercial data centers on Army installations
Using its Enhanced Use Lease authority, the Army wants private industry to finance and run large data centers on underused land at Fort Bliss and Dugway Proving Ground.
‘Jury’s still out’ on future of Army’s mobile prepositioned stock: AMC head
So far, the Army has offloaded equipment from the APS-3 to bases in South Korea and the Philippines.
‘Too early to tell’ if timeline holds for delivery of Army’s tilt-rotor MV-75 for testing: Official
“Ultimately, we'll have to make some risk decisions about when the performance of the system is not going to keep pace with the schedule," Maj. Gen. Clair Gill told Breaking Defense.
Army’s digital marketplace for drones is officially open
"Traditionally it takes a long time to fill a requirement, and we have this protracted competition, and maybe you only choose one or two. Now it's you tell us when you're ready," Col. Danielle Medaglia, head of the Army’s project management office for UAS, told reporters here in Huntsville, Ala.
AV unveils LOCUST X3, latest entrant into laser counter-drone race
The unveiling at AUSA's Global Force comes as militaries the world over race for cheaper ways to confront the drone threat.