“There are some aspects of the LTFI program that are still somewhat pre-decisional, but I believe that we will get support for the program, and I may be in a position this time next year to begin program of record execution,” Maj. Gen. Frank Lozano said.
The award is the "largest contract in Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control history," according to a company executive.
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
The announced assignments will see new faces heading to important acquisition posts in the Army.
The tests at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. were part of initial operational test and evaluation. Another test is scheduled for this fall.
Northrop Grumman will deliver 160 Integrated Battlefield Command Systems.
Lockheed Martin received $62 million for the engineering phase of PrSM following a successful milestone B evaluation.
Why edge and endpoint security can’t be an afterthought.
Dynetics won a contract to produce the Army's Indirect Fires Protection Capability capability.
Training with the first Long Range Hypersonic Weapon prototype system will commence on Oct. 18, says Rob Strider, deputy director of the Army Hypersonic Project Office.
In August, the Army will pick a single vendor to build the Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC), focused on countering cruise missiles and larger drones. Later upgrades will add lasers and counter-rocket capability.
Thursday's near-simultaneous intercept of a cruise missile and a ballistic missile was far from the hardest thing the IBCS battalion has done.
Standoff capability means warfighters stay connected and remain remotely located in a safer environment while making it harder for adversaries to target them.
The Army wants to do a tech demonstration in the southwestern desert – COVID permitting – of how the new weapons systems it’s developing can share data.
The Army’s eager to link its missile defense C2 network to the Air Force, Navy, and Marines – as long as that doesn’t slow the millisecond timing required to hit high-speed targets.
The Israeli-made system is incompatible with the US Army’s missile defense network, the head of Army Futures Command told us. So instead of buying more Iron Domes, he aims to hold a missile defense “shoot off” open to all comers.
“My biggest concern is that when the budget goes down -- that’s only a matter of time — that, one, we’re left with a bunch of prototypes but nothing in inventory, and a bunch of legacy systems without upgrades; and two, when the prototypes finally turn into production-ready weapons systems, how can the Army afford so many big-ticket procurement bills simultaneously?” warned Heidi Shyu.