“The strength we think we bring is that [the Navy is] going to go from contract to actually starting to turn out students much quicker than any other competitors,” a Textron executive told Breaking Defense.
By Aaron MehtaDisplay screens are the eyes for maneuver forces needing to command and control
The Army is upfitting vehicles with big 24 or 32-inch displays that present multiple sources of data for a full operational picture.
The Marine Corps has announced an industry day on Feb. 29 to discuss the next stage of the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle program.
By Justin Katz
The Army’s FTUAS Increment 2 downselect means three teams will not move forward, including AeroVironment that provided the interim solution with its Jump 20 system.
By Ashley Roque
Each company is now tasked with building and delivering two RCV-Ls to the Army by August 2024.
By Ashley Roque
The most recent Force Design 2030 update directed service brass to establish the new recon battalions later this year.
By Justin Katz
Textron Systems received two Army contracts in 2022 for anti-tank munition development and production. Eventually, the service wants to network such top-attack weapons with a bottom-attack landmine, a Textron exec told Breaking Defense.
By Ashley Roque
Tunisian pilots are currently training with the new aircraft in the US ahead of transfer to the North African nation.
By Agnes Helou
The connected warrior will have a common operating picture even when contested
Mobile, distributed command and control requires a common operating picture even in contested environments.
The Army is replacing the Shadow in its infantry brigades, but Textron is upgrading as the company expects other Army groups, like aviation and special ops, to use it for more than a decade longer.
By Andrew Eversden
The US has criticized the “erosion” of democracy in the North African nation, but hasn’t said it would cancel or curtail aircraft sales.
By Agnes Helou
Brig. Gen. William Glaser, head of the Army’s Synthetic Training Environment effort, said his team is “very proud” of One World Terrain because it “really just started off as an idea within the simulations community, but it’s expanded out significantly into the operational community.”
By Theresa Hitchens
The ARV is envisioned as a multi-purpose combat vehicle from which Marines can command and control robots and autonomous vehicles.
By Justin Katz
“With a flattening budget topline (at best) and many competing Air Force investment priorities, it’s not at all clear that this program will continue. We might just be left with a museum-ready prototype,” Teal Group’s Richard Aboulafia says.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Army’s new priorities — emphasizing heavy armor and robotics — and Rheinmetall’s successes overseas combine to give the KF41 Lynx a fighting chance to be the new Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
These companies teamed up for the Army’s first, stillborn attempt to build a new armored troop carrier in 2019. This time they’re offering “a new variant.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
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