The contract runs through 2029 and is designed to give the Army a new vehicle to survive in Arctic conditions in a variety of mission sets.
By Andrew EversdenWhat’s new in naval radars and missiles: Defending the Pacific
Defending U.S. naval forces in the Pacific, Red Sea, and elsewhere require a range of systems from close-in weapons to anti-ballistic missiles.
American Rheinmetall and GM Defense will work together on the first phase of the Army’s Common Tactical Truck program.
By Andrew Eversden
Budget documents lay out some of the Army’s purchasing plan for the vehicles, recently the subject of a harsh Pentagon tester report.
By Andrew Eversden
The second increment of the Army’s Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport will likely include requirements for a platform that would provide a weapons system, a communications retransmission asset, extra batteries or a launch platform for small drones.
By Andrew Eversden
Latest version of the AStRA competition will focus on networking tools and power sources.
By Andrew Eversden and Theresa Hitchens
“The ISV is not designed to defeat or counter specific threats nor is it intended to operate as a combat fighting platform,” Steve Herrick, the senior program office official, told Breaking Defense.
By Andrew Eversden
BAE systems and Oshkosh Defense, with its partner ST Engineering, will now compete for the contract, with an award expected near the end of June.
By Andrew Eversden
Gray Eagle is the low-cost, low-risk answer to Army modernization
Gray Eagle STOL and Gray Eagle 25M are the best options for Army aviation as it assesses where to move from its current inflection point.
The award comes ahead of the Army’s $6.5 billion recompete of the contract next year.
By Andrew Eversden
The Common Tactical Truck will be able to connect ports to forward operating positions, maybe with AI.
By Andrew EversdenDon’t think about the Terminator or Iron Man: Think about Sigourney Weaver’s power loader lifting crates in Aliens.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: The Army’s wheeled vehicle programs like Stryker and JLTV are leading it on the path to open architecture, a modular approach to designing software and electronics that makes them easier to upgrade. That’s particularly critical when, facing Russian GPS jamming, the Army is looking to improve Position, Navigation & Timing (PNT) on tens…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
