IT For Rent: Army Piggybacks On Air Force Services Contract
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The services are collaborating as never before, officials said, as they outsource non-combat networks through new “IT as a service” contracts.
Bradley Replacement: Army Risks Third Failure In A Row
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With the surprise disqualification of the Raytheon-Rheinmetall Lynx, the Army has effectively left itself with one competitor for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, General Dynamics — unless the Pentagon or Congress intervene.
Army Secretary Ramps Up 3D Printing
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A new policy orders organizations across the Army to embrace advanced manufacturing to “fundamentally change” both modernization and readiness.
Managing The Invisible Battle: Raytheon’s EWPMT
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With the new Raytheon software, the Army will no longer be fighting blind against enemy radio jamming — but its own jammers to strike back remain years away.
Roper Unveils PEO For Next Gen Digital Planes; Critics Grumble
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The new Advanced Aircraft PEO will “transform the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program into the Air Force’s Digital Century Series initiative.”
Bell Unveils Army Scout Helicopter — With Wings
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With its trademark tiltrotors too big for the Army’s FARA requirement, Bell is squeezing every ounce of performance out of a helicopter. Will it be fast enough?
Trump’s Claim Of $2.5 Trillion In DoD Dough: Not True
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If you count next year’s budget, the president will be actually selling himself short. But his other superlatives are not justified.
CH-53 vs. CH-47: Which Helicopter Will Israel Pick?
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An IDF team has been taking test flights aboard Lockheed Martin’s new CH-53K in Maryland, but Boeing’s CH-47 Chinook is in the running too — and both programs could use a boost against their American critics.
Israeli Gunmaker IWI Targets US Special Ops Contract
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The Negev can fire over 700 rounds a minute in full-auto — a bit less than the M249 — or, it can be switched to semi-auto for highly accurate single shots. It already comes in 5.56mm and 7.62mm variants, and IWI says it could be easily reconfigured to take different calibers.