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  Army's Modernization Program Hits Some Bumps

  Posted by Paul McLeary 6:47 PM on Feb 28, 2012

  Just before the Army’s AUSA convention kicked off last week, the service issued a sources-sought notice for a single-channel, vehicle-mounted radio, marking the first time th... Read More >>

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  Big Army Programs Shifting From Procurement to Sustainment

  Posted by Paul McLeary 3:53 PM on Feb 27, 2012

  Over the next several years, more than a few big-ticket items in the Army’s annual budget will reach a significant milestone— transitioning from new-build production to... Read More >>

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  Army Revamping Acquisition Plans

  Posted by Paul McLeary 6:36 PM on Feb 23, 2012

  Spend a little time around Army acquisition staffers these days and you’ll hear the term repeated again and again: the Agile Process.  Unlike some of its more obtus... Read More >>

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  Warbots Go Wireless

  Posted by Paul McLeary 12:01 PM on Oct 14, 2011

  The U.S. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) has approved funding to purchase and deploy six wireless recharging systems for robots used to disarm roadside bombs.The REF has t... Read More >>

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  Where's True North?

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 10:55 AM on Oct 14, 2011

  If you have spent much time around the close air support and "joint fires" community in the last few years, you know that there's been one problem that joint tactical air controlle... Read More >>

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  Smartphones, Networks and Hesco Displays

  Posted by Paul McLeary 12:54 PM on Oct 13, 2011

   While Army modernization efforts are all about the network—ask anyone involved in the effort since its Future Combat Systems days—if you strolled through the serv... Read More >>

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  New Helos At AUSA

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 5:35 PM on Oct 10, 2011

  New at AUSA -- a full line-up of proposed Sikorsky rotorcraft based on Sikorsky's X2 high-speed coaxial concept. First, the S-97 demonstrator, which the company still plans to fly ... Read More >>

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  AUSA Kicks off With Some Vehicle News

  Posted by Paul McLeary 1:00 PM on Oct 10, 2011

  With the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) convention rolling into town this week, and congressional bean-counters and Pentagon planners deciding what defense programs... Read More >>

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  Army Says Feds' Continuing Resolutions Have Hurt Modernization

  Posted by Paul McLeary 2:58 PM on Feb 25, 2011

  FT. LAUDERDALE--Since Congress was never able to pass the fiscal 2011 federal budget—meaning that the whole operation might shut down on March 4—the U.S. government h... Read More >>

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  Vice Chief of the Army Big on Army Modernization Plans

  Posted by Paul McLeary 12:41 PM on Feb 24, 2011

  We’ve written about the big tests that that the Army is planning this summer at Ft. Bliss, Tx. and the White Sands Missile Range (we’ll have lots more on this in the ... Read More >>

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