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“There are some very specific issues with regard to Stinger and some obsolescence issues that we have to overcome,” Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said Tuesday. “That’s because we in the US, we’re focusing ourselves forward on new capability.”
By Valerie Insinna![Stinger, Javelin production can be increased, with congressional support: Army official](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/01/stinger-scaled-225x150.jpg)
Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, also called Congressional funding reductions on the Army’s IVAS “frankly just good oversight.”
By Jaspreet Gill![Baltic nations sending US-made Stingers, Javelins to Ukraine](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/01/stinger-scaled-225x150.jpg)
Estonia will provide Javelin anti-armor missiles, while Lithuania and Latvia will provide Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and adjacent equipment.
By Aaron Mehta![State Department Clears Israeli King Stallions, Javelins for Thailand](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/07/ch53K_chinook-scaled-225x150.jpg)
The announcement of the potential sale come as the Israeli government is sending signals to Washington that any renewed deal with Iran should come with more arms for Israel, including items not normally sold to allies.
By Aaron Mehta![Army Pushes 600 Programs From Acquisition To Sustainment](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2017/06/HIMARS-launching-x2-225x150.jpg)
The multi-million-dollar move will help Army Futures Command focus on new technology while Army Materiel Command focuses on sustaining the current force, Gen. Gus Perna told us.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![Top DoD Lawyer Gathers All Ukraine Aid Docs For Congress: ‘Routine’](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2019/10/esper-225x150.jpg)
General Counsel Paul Nay directed DoD officials to “preserve all documents, records, and writings, and any associated attachments, in any format,” that relate to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
By Paul McLeary![Trump’s Ukraine Intervention May Violate FCPA, Arms Export Laws: Experts](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2017/03/Trump-POTUS-Donald-maxresdefault-225x150.jpg)
The president’s personal intervention was “highly improper,” one arms export expert says, concluding that the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act “appears to have been criminally violated here.”
By Colin Clark![Titan Robot Test-Fires Javelin Anti-Tank Missile](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2019/09/19163_104-225x150.jpg)
It’s one small test for a robot, one tactical leap for robot-kind.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![Marines Reorganize Infantry For High-Tech War: Fewer Riflemen, More Drones](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2018/05/Marine-fires-M27-IAR-141203-M-DU612-088-225x150.jpg)
“Everything that Marine wears — from their boots to their socks to their utilities to their helmet — is all going to be changed,” the Commandant said. “We’ve got money now to do that, and so we’ve got to make it happen now. We’ve got to make it happen now, because I’m not going to make the assumption that that money’s going to be there.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![Raytheon Targets Army Multi-Domain Systems Like DeepStrike](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/Deepstrike2-1-225x150.jpg)
As the new National Defense Strategy shifts the U.S. armed forces’ focus from combating violent extremists to confronting China and Russia, Raytheon is offering an array of multi-domain capabilities to modernize the Army “not just for today but tomorrow,” Kim Ernzen, executive vice president of the company’s Land Warfare Systems, says. Raytheon is particularly well…
By Otto Kreisher [Sponsored by Raytheon]![Army Boosts Stryker Firepower, But Active Protection Lags](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-1.13.56-PM-225x150.png)
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND: The Army is rapidly upgunning its 8×8 Stryker vehicles to better deter the Russians in Eastern Europe, as we wrote yesterday. But soldiers are still figuring out how they’ll use the new vehicles. And the service as a whole is struggling to update the entire armored force, from the 20-ton Stryker to…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![Upgunned Strykers Open Fire At Aberdeen – But Fielding Will Be Slow](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2016/10/IMG_6087-1-e1477593562519-225x150.jpg)
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND: Two years after the Europe-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment requested more firepower to deter the Russians, 30 millimeter shells and Javelin missiles thundered downrange here at the Army’s oldest proving ground. Even standing at a safe distance, 20 yards from the closest of the two Stryker vehicles, I could feel the muzzle blast…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Last week, the Trump administration agreed to send lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine. The order, packaged by the State Department as an affirmation of Ukraine’s right to defend itself against Russian-backed aggression, was greeted on Capitol Hill as a logical step in confronting what many lawmakers view as Vladimir Putin’s expansionist foreign policy. Proponents of…
By Daniel DePetris