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News - us army

  • Land Warfare

    General Dynamics to upgrade Abrams Tank

    9th January 2012

    General Dynamics Land Systems has announced that it has been awarded an additional award under an existing contract with the US Army TACOM Lifecycle Management …

  • Military Logistics

    First C-130 AMP aircraft delivered

    6th January 2012

    Boeing has announced that the first C-130 to receive the Warner Robins Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) upgrade has been delivered to Little Rock Air Force …

  • Digital Battlespace

    MicroTech wins US Army cloud contract

    6th January 2012

    MicroTech has announced that it has been selected by the US Army as one of a number of companies to provide the Army Private Cloud …

  • Land Warfare

    Renault provides French DGA with SLATE

    6th January 2012

    Renault Trucks Defense has announced that it has provided the French defence procurement agency (DGA) with 80 SLATE (Acoustic Sniper Localization System) kits for integration with …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    RE2 to develop HDMS for US Army

    5th January 2012

    RE2 has announced that it has been selected by the US Army's Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) to develop a two-arm Highly Dexterous …

  • Digital Battlespace

    ITT Exelis wins US Army SATCOM contract

    5th January 2012

    ITT Exelis has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command and the Army Forces Strategic …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Eurocopter wins Brazilian Armed Forces contract

    5th January 2012

    Eurocopter has announced that its Helibras subsidiary has been awarded a five year contract to supply and manage all spare parts, stocks and related technical …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Good Technology focuses on secure Android devices

    4th January 2012

    Good Technology has announced that its Android OS-based platform has been certified by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), clearing the way for the use …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Longbow receives Apache systems contracts

    4th January 2012

    Longbow, the joint venture company established by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract worth $181 million for work to be …

  • Land Warfare

    Alion awarded US Army REF contract

    4th January 2012

    Alion Science and Technology has announced that it has been awarded a contract to support the US Army Rapid Equipping Force (REF) in assessing commercial-off-the-shelf …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Unmanned K-MAX makes first deliveries in Afghanistan

    4th January 2012

    Lockheed Martin's unmanned K-MAX aerial resupply system is now conducting routine operations in Afghanistan, it has been disclosed. The aircraft is being operated by a …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Aurora delivers BAMS composite structures

    4th January 2012

    Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that it has delivered the first complete ship set of composite aerospace structures to Northrop Grumman for the MQ-4C Broad …

  • Land Warfare

    DRS Technologies wins IBAS contract

    3rd January 2012

    DRS Technologies’ Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) group has been awarded a contract by the US Army for work to be performed on the …

  • Land Warfare

    Lockheed Martin to supply THAAD to UAE

    3rd January 2012

    Lockheed Martin has announced that it will supply the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part …

  • Defence Helicopter

    AS350 B2s delivered to the Ecuadorian Army

    23rd December 2011

    The Ecuadorian Army has taken delivery of the first two Ecureuil AS350 B2 helicopters of nine aircraft to be modernised by Eurocopter under a contract …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • Tanks

    NGCV: DLP

    Programme Background Requirement The DLP is one of five vehicle families being developed for the US Army's NGCV programme. Expanded to include five programmes in ...

  • Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

    AGMV 1.1

    Programme Background The US Army has been seeking a lightweight, air-droppable, high mobility vehicle since as early as 2014, when it initiated its Ultra Light ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    MQ-1 Gray Eagle [US Army]

    Programme Background Required Quantity Although the US Army first envisioned a requirement for 132 MQ-1C Gray Eagles, the US Army's Army Acquisition Objective (AAO) was ...

  • Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    Heavy Lift VTOL (HVTOL) (Forecast) [US Army]

    Programme Background USMC In September 2021, Kaman unveiled its Kargo UAV, which had been specifically designed to meet the requirements of the Joint Tactical Autonomous ...

  • APCs/IFVs - tracked

    AMPV (USA)

    Programme Background The US Army initiated the AMPV programme to acquire a replacement for several variants of the M113 tracked APC, which has been in ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) [USA]

    Programme Background Programme Objective The Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) will provide a tactical ISTAR capability for US Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs). It is intended to ...

  • MPVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

    JLTV Oshkosh Contract (US Army)

    Programme Background As of January 2021, the US DoD had signed 15 contracts with Oshkosh Defense covering the delivery of approximately 17,731 JLTVs to all ...

  • Loitering munitions

    Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System (LMAMS) (Forecast) [US Army]

    Programme Background Contracted Units As covered in a separate programme entry, the US Army first procured AeroVironment's Switchblade 300 over a decade ago, beginning the service's ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing

    Switchblade 300 (USA)

    Programme Background AeroVironment has been providing the Switchblade 300 loitering munition to the US Army under the long-standing Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems (LMAMS) programme ...

  • Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing

    Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) [Tranche 1] / Rucksack Portable UAS (RPUAS) (USA)

    Programme Background The Rucksack Portable UAS (RPUAS) Programme The RPUAS programme will provide the Battalion and below-ground manoeuvre elements within the US Army with an ...

  • Loitering munitions

    Loitering Munitions [Switzerland]

    Programme Background Announcement In a February 2023 interview with Swiss news outlet CH-Media, Swiss army chief Thomas Süssli stated that the country was considering acquiring loitering ...

  • Loitering munitions

    Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System (LMAMS) (Contracted) [US Army]

    Programme Background First Contract In June 2011, the US awarded AeroVironment a $4.9 series-production contract for the loitering munition, satisfying the US Army's Lethal Miniature ...

  • Landing craft and hovercraft

    US Army Maneuver Support Vessel Light (MSVL)

    Programme BackgroundThe Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) or MSV(L) contract was awarded by the US Army to Vigor in 2017 and are being built to replace ...

  • Military helicopters - multirole

    Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) [USA]

    Programme Background US Army's Future Vertical Lift Programme The FLRAA is one of three strands of a broader army programme. The others are the Future ...

  • Tanks

    M10 Booker (US)

    Programme Background Inception & NGCV The US Army launched the MPF programme in 2015 when it unveiled its Combat Vehicle Modernization Strategy. This new platform will ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Air: helicopter flight simulators

    US Army AVCATT PDSS

    L3Harris Technologies is the prime contractor for the US Army’s Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) programme. L3Harris Technologies is ...

  • Military helicopters - scout/light attack

    OH-58 Kiowa

    The single-engine OH-58 Kiowa, derived from the Bell 206, entered US Army service in 1969 as a light observation helicopter. More than 2,200 were built for ...

  • Air: helicopter flight simulators

    US Army Flight School XXI OFT/RCTD

    L3Harris Technologies is a major subcontractor to CSC on the US Army’s Flight School XXI (FSXXI) programme. L3Harris Technologies has built or is under contract ...

  • Maritime patrol

    US-2

    The ShinMaywa US-2 is an amphibious short take-off and landing aircraft used primarily by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) for SAR. 

  • Towed guns

    M198

    The US Army developed the M198 155mm towed howitzer from 1969 to replace the M114 155mm howitzer. From 1978, 1,600 weapons were built by Rock ...

  • Towed mortars

    M120/M120A1

    The M120/M120A1 120 mm Towed Mortar System is a US-built version of the Soltam K6 mortar that was accepted into US Army service in 1990.

  • JPT

    Designed for military applications, the Joint Platform Tablet (JPT) features a rugged design, including a military-grade aluminium case, dual-core processor, 128GB removable hard drive and ...

  • Military helicopters - multirole

    UH-72A/B Lakota

    In 2006, the US Army selected a version of the medium-sized, twin-engine H145, designated the UH-72A Lakota,  to meet its requirement for a new Light ...

  • Armoured engineer vehicles

    M1150 ABV

    The M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV) project, launched by the USMC in 2002, is a joint programme to meet the requirements of both the US ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    RQ-7 Shadow 200

    The Shadow 200, designated RQ-7B by the US Army, is flown by the army brigade combat teams and combat aviation brigades along with the UAV ...

  • Infrastructure - bridges

    REBS

    The Rapidly Emplaced Bridge System (REBS) is a 13m dry-gap bridge. It was designed by GDELS to meet a US Army requirement to provide a ...

  • Land: Electronic Attack - Jamming

    AN/PLQ-9 Thor-III

    Sierra Nevada’s AN/PLQ-9 Thor-III is the standard Counter Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) manpack system in service with the US Army and US Marine Corps (USMC). ...

  • Infrastructure - bridges

    DSB

    WFEL was selected in 1996 to develop the M18 Dry Support Bridge (DSB) for the US Army. The company designed, manufactured and integrated the DSB ...

  • Individual grenade launchers

    M320 GLM

    The M320 Grenade Launcher Module (GLM) is a further development of the HK AG36 (see separate entry) to meet a US Army requirement. The M320 ...

  • Military helicopters - multirole

    Bell 205/UH-1 Iroquois

    The Bell 205/UH-1 Iroquois is a single-engine, medium utility helicopter developed from the Bell 204/UH-1 for the US Army. The platform first flew in August ...