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AUSA 2019: QinetiQ joins with Pratt & Miller to present new RCV offering
QinetiQ North America and engineering company Pratt & Miller have partnered to offer the latter company’s Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV) to meet the US …
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AUSA 2019: Boeing prepares for CH-47F Block II delay
Boeing is making preparations for a worst-case scenario where the procurement of Chinook CH-47F Block II helicopters for the US Army is delayed by anything up …
Defence Notes
Podcast: The contenders line up for FARA, Rheinmetall disappointed but not beaten on OMFV, and talking missiles with Raytheon
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Land Warfare
AUSA 2019: IM-SHORAD paves the way for rapid prototyping efforts
With General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) showcasing the Initial Maneuver Short-Range Air Defence (IM-SHORAD) Stryker solution for the first time at AUSA the effort demonstrates how …
Uncrewed Vehicles
AUSA 2019: US Army unconcerned by FTUAS hybrid flight kit permutations
The US Army has confirmed it doesn't consider hybrid flight kit licensing authority arrangements to be an issue for its Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) programme, …
Land Warfare
AUSA 2019: New Javelin launch unit on road to fielding in 2023
Raytheon Missile Systems expects to go to low-rate initial production (LRIP) for its new Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Unit (CLU) in 2021 and full rate …
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Land Warfare
Questions raised as Bradley replacement becomes one-horse race
9th October 2019
The US Army’s contest to develop an Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) launched in earnest at the beginning of October but drew only a single …
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Defence Helicopter
US Army carries out UH-60V testing
1st October 2019
The US Army has concluded operational testing of the UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter cockpit upgrade. The UH-60V Black Hawk capability will be a retrofit for …
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Training
MetaVR VRSG on US Army cockpit trainer prototypes
27th September 2019
MetaVR announced on 25 September that its Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) is providing the image generation for the Synthetic Training Environment (STE) Reconfigurable Virtual …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
US, UK demo last mile resupply capabilities
26th September 2019
The US Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center and the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have joined forces to develop autonomous last-mile resupply capabilities. …
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Land Warfare
US Army places CROWS order
19th September 2019
The US Army has placed a new $48 million order with Kongsberg for Common Remote Weapon Stations (CROWS), the company announced on 18 September. Since …
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Land Warfare
BAE Systems to upgrade Hercules vehicles for US Army
19th September 2019
BAE Systems has been awarded a $318 million contract to upgrade M88 recovery vehicles for the US Army. The vehicles will be upgraded to the …
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Digital Battlespace
Leidos to provide US Army ISR aircraft support
18th September 2019
Leidos will provide aircraft ISR support services to the US Army under a new task order announced on 16 September. The single award task order, …
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Land Warfare
Textron to provide CT technology for US Army NGSW effort
4th September 2019
Textron Systems has been selected by the US Army to deliver next generation squad weapons (NGSW) derived from the company’s cased telescoped (CT) technology. Contracted …
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Land Warfare
US Army awards hypersonic weapon development contracts
3rd September 2019
The US Army has awarded contracts for system supply related to the development of a land-based hypersonic weapon capability. Dynetics Technical Solutions (DTS) has been …
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Land Warfare
US Army orders more TOW anti-tank missiles
22nd August 2019
Raytheon will deliver additional tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) missiles for the TOW weapon system under a $101 million contract awarded by the US Army. The …
AUSA Annual 2019 News
Shephard Media reports from AUSA Annual 2019, described as the
largest landpower exposition and professional development forum in North
America.
Many thanks to sponsor QinetiQ. Their support means all our news content during the show is free to view.
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