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Across Europe, Billions Being Funneled Into New Armored Vehicle Programs The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain could ultimately involve buying in excess of 3,200 new heavy armored platforms, with a price tag of over $11.5 billion over the next 15 years.

COVID-19, Supply Chain Issues Hampering Pentagon's Quest To Buy Counter-Drone Tech Half of the companies invited to participate in a counter-drone demonstration this September ended up skipping it due to COVID-19.

Army, NRO Pioneer Direct Sat Imagery Downlink In 'Scarlet Dragon' The ability to directly access remote sensing satellite data for targeting has long been a Holy Grail for the Army.

Products Speak Louder Than PowerPoints [Sponsored] Kratos is disrupting the traditional procurement model by learning what the customer wants and developing it long before the Request for Proposal.

Army Kicks Off Analysis Effort To Inform Future Investments "It's fair to say we are looking at everything," said Christine Wormuth, the secretary of the Army.

IAI Wins Israeli Carmel Land Vehicle Competition; Company Wants American Partner The Israeli competition could have an impact on technologies being developed for the US Army's OMFV.

Army Puts Leidos Special Mission Plane Through Paces At Project Convergence A newly configured plane — which they're calling ARTEMIS 2.0 — is expected to be ready in March 2022, Leidos says. This comes after two extensive deployments to both the Pacific and European theaters, flying more than 569 mission hours and boasting an impressive readiness rate of more than 90 percent in 2020.

Raytheon Announces New Medium-Range Radar System AUSA: Raytheon Missiles & Defense announced today a new medium range radar for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) with extended range and altitude coverage The new radar, known as GhostEye MR, is a variant of the company's GhostEye, Raytheon's new name for its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor under development for…

Why The Army Still Matters In The Pacific "The point is, that it is Asia that is the prize. We call it the Pacific, but Asia is the prize," argues Maj. Gen. Brad Gericke, the Army's director for strategy, plans and policy. "And that's where power, that's where economic, military social informational power is going to primarily emanate from over the next century."

The Linchpin For Army Evolution To Multi-Domain Operations Is Already Here: Gray Eagle [Sponsored] What Army leaders want out of future battlefield systems is a stable hardware enabled by powerful software that makes it easy to upgrade, integrate accessories and accomplish their tasks.

Lockheed Unveils New Laser Weapon For Army's Stryker Vehicles Lockheed hopes to unseat an incumbent team of Raytheon and Kord Technolgies, which received a $123.9 million contract this summer.

Murray: Army's Modernization Push Requires Persistence To Be Successful "We spend a lot of time thinking about what is and what can be, and we spend almost no time thinking about what could be," Murray said.

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