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The Army in 2024 will start testing four industry offerings for its Common Tactical Truck program, which the service hopes will provide soldiers with the necessary safety and mobility for [...]

ARLINGTON, Virginia--The Army's mobile counterdrone program is upgrading by downsizing with a new increment that will move the system from two vehicles into a single Stryker armored fighting vehicle. The [...]

The Army is about to kick off a multi-year series of experiments as it moves toward establishing a program of record for robotic combat vehicles that could roam future battlefields. [...]

* The Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense, or M-SHORAD, system provides the Army with new capabilities to protect maneuver forces by defeating, destroying or neutralizing threats such as rotary-wing and fixed-wing [...]

AUSTIN, Texas -- Ukraine has centered attention on drones, artillery, armored tactical vehicles and other heavy platforms and systems. But small arms are a big part of the fight, and [...]

AUSTIN, Texas -- The Marine Corps commandant wants change. And that means the service's fleets of tactical wheeled vehicles will have to change as well. 'The commandant has made it [...]

The Army is trying to fast-track the acquisition of an all-terrain, highly transportable vehicle intended to provide ground mobility capabilities for infantry brigade combat teams. In February 2019 the service [...]

NORFOLK, Va.--The Marine Corps has ambitious plans for its fleet of tactical wheeled vehicles as it modernizes its inventory with new platforms and upgrades existing systems. There are 'a lot [...]

The Army expects robotics and autonomy to be important components of its ground combat vehicle fleet in the coming decades. Members of industry are pushing ahead in this field as [...]

Instead of grasping for leap-ahead technologies that might derail efforts to acquire a new amphibious combat vehicle, the Marine Corps is pursuing a low-risk path that could deliver a big [...]

NORFOLK, Va.--New vehicle upgrade opportunities are available for industry seeking to work with Special Operations Command. 'We have a pretty unique fleet out here in SOCOM that kind of touches [...]

* In the face of growing threats to ground vehicles, the Defense Department is teaming with industry and academia to pursue alternatives to traditional armor systems. The Pentagon is chasing [...]

* The U.S. military is trying to modernize its ground vehicle fleet after more than a decade of war by buying new trucks and upgrading or divesting older models. Procurement [...]

In November, the Army-Marine Corps' Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program will be seven years old. Time flies when a major military acquisition program is involved. The deliberate pace of the [...]

The Army's quest for a new combat vehicle is one of the Pentagon's longest running, most drama-filled procurement soap operas. The award in August of nearly $900 million in research [...]

MOUNT AIRY, N.C.-- Just a few streets down from the birthplace of actor Andy Griffiths sits a former textile manufacturing facility that today houses a start-up company that is aiming [...]

American Engineering & Manufacturing Inc. 8085 Leavitt Road Amherst, OH 44001 (440) 986-4400 (phone) Home Page: www.aemohio.com James Christopher Vice President Business Development Michael Winias Executive Vice President of Engineering [...]

THE U.S. MILITARY HAS LONG sought diesel-electric hybrids that would improve fuel economy, offer a reduced logistical burden and provide the ability to export power, among other advantages. But after [...]

Thousands of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan owe their fives to the mine-resistant, ambush protected vehicles that were rushed into theater in response to the proliferation of roadside bombs. Few [...]

* The Army is moving forward with efforts to develop an autonomous convoy capability that could help troops transport supplies, equipment and other resources more efficiently and safely across the [...]

As wars end and budgets tighten, the Pentagon has begun trying to make sense of the spending spree that was the past decade. Part of that process will require sorting [...]

For several weeks, soldiers have been trundling around the New Mexico desert at White Sands Missile Range in a variety of armored vehicles--both foreign and domestic. They've been taking notes [...]

As the Army pursues its latest effort to develop a new ground combat vehicle, analysts say that the high-stakes program may already be headed for technological disappointment. Army officials are [...]

Most small businesses would cherish a chance to work directly with the Army to develop new solutions for the military. Century Inc. is no different. The Michigan-based company worked hand [...]

Because roadside bombs have claimed the lives of thousands of troops, both the Army and Marine Corps are pursuing efforts to reduce the number of injuries and deaths by developing [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MONTEREY, Calif. -- There are narrow alleyways and small streets in Fallujah, Iraq, through which most military trucks cannot travel. Even the formidable mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle--rushed to the [...]

After more than a decade of development, the Army is poised to integrate autonomous and semi-autonomous tactical wheeled vehicles into its fleets. An Army requirements oversight council met Feb. 10 [...]

Supporters of the Marine Corps' effort to develop a replacement for its Vietnam-era amphibious assault vehicle are rallying to oppose a provision in the House 2007 defense appropriations bill. The [...]

DAHLGREN, Va. -- As the Pentagon continues to invest in technologies to neutralize roadside bombs, rocket propelled grenades remain a potent threat. More than 100 soldiers have been killed since [...]

An Army Stryker battalion training for possible deployment to Iraq in 2007 will outfit hundreds of its soldiers with the high-tech 'land warrior' ensemble this summer. These soldiers will help [...]

* Vehicle manufacturers are gearing up for several parallel armored vehicle programs and, without any guarantee of a contract, are pouring money into working prototypes so that when the time [...]

* The Defense Department is having to make choices between programs in an effort to cut back on spending, and leaders have made their intentions known when it comes to [...]

The Army plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next several years on the design of a new 'infantry fighting vehicle.' With new big-ticket military programs becoming increasingly [...]

The prevailing thinking in the Army about deploying unmanned combat vehicles is that they keep soldiers out of harm's way. That premise continues to fuel research into dozens of military [...]

The Army wants to retrofit a portion of its tactical wheeled vehicle fleet with robotic brains so that unmanned trucks, not troops, are put in harm's way during resupply and [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A precision 120-mm munition for the Army's Future Combat Systems mounted combat system is moving closer to fruition. The mid-range munition, or MRM, is a chemical-energy warhead with [...]

The heavily armored trucks that U.S. troops drive in Iraq save lives and limbs every day, according to military officials. But they can cause long-term health problems, according to the [...]

BALTIMORE -- As thousands of mine resistant, ambush protected vehicles are rushed to the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, military officials say that the enemy already has found ways to [...]