Weekly Briefing: Land Warfare News and Analysis

The latest news and analysis on land warfare, from Breaking Defense. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Weekly Briefing Land Warfare

Chinook Block II — Supporting the Soldiers

Presented by Boeing

The enhanced capabilities and performance of Chinook Block II will prepare troops of today for missions of the future.

First Joint Exercise To Test All-Domain Capabilities: Valiant Shield 2020 The exercise also served as the Air Force's third "On Ramp" demo for its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), demonstrating a new software for battlefield situational awareness.

From 'Frankengoggle' To Battle-Ready: Army IVAS The experimental targeting goggles field-tested last fall didn't work in the rain. The ruggedized version to be tested this month will fix that flaw – and more, the Army says.

Army Tripled OTA Prototyping To $4.8B In Just 3 Years: GAO Other Transaction Authority prototyping tripled from 2017's $1.6 billion, while other non-traditional vehicles, like research grants, declined from $730 million to $590 million.

GDLS Gets $1.2B For 144 Army Anti-Aircraft Strykers General Dynamics Land Systems can now order materials to start building the first 28 vehicles, worth a total of $230 million, in 2021.

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