SNC is entering a crowded field for the Navy's Undergraduate Jet Training System program, going up against teams led by Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Textron and a little-known firm called Stavatti.
After the Army Transformation Initiative shook up drone plans, the service wants a replacement for older Gray Eagles in 2028 and the Shadow in 2026, according to a service official.
Zero Trust is the Pentagon’s foundation for its modern cybersecurity strategy.
A day after the service unveiled a massive shake up, a two-star general’s email sheds light on additional ground combat vehicle cuts and plans to accelerate work on a Bradley replacement and future Abrams tank.
“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.
The Marine Corps has announced an industry day on Feb. 29 to discuss the next stage of the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle program.
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.
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Each company is now tasked with building and delivering two RCV-Ls to the Army by August 2024.
The most recent Force Design 2030 update directed service brass to establish the new recon battalions later this year.
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.
Tunisian pilots are currently training with the new aircraft in the US ahead of transfer to the North African nation.
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
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.
The US has criticized the “erosion” of democracy in the North African nation, but hasn't said it would cancel or curtail aircraft sales.
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."
The ARV is envisioned as a multi-purpose combat vehicle from which Marines can command and control robots and autonomous vehicles.