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 ARLINGTON, Va. and COLUMBUS, Miss.
EADS North America delivered its 100th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army today, marking another on-time and on-budget achievement for a highly successful program that supports America’s warfighters and contributes to the nation’s [...]
 By Rod Powers, About.com Guide
Feb 12 2007
Source: About.com: US Military
According to a recently released FBI report, Gang-related activity in the US military is increasing and poses a threat to law enforcement officials and national security.
The report, Gang Activity in the [...]
 Mar 2, 2010
By C. Todd Lopez
Source: U.S. Army
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 2, 2010) — The Army released a request for proposal for the Ground Combat Vehicle Feb. 25 — marking an official start for defense contractors to begin competing [...]

By KATE BRANNEN
Published: 25 Feb 2010 14:48
If the U.S. Army approves funding to keep the production line steady, industry can deliver 130 Stryker vehicles with “MRAP-like” protection in time for the next Stryker brigade’s deployment, sources said.
The Army is nearing [...]
 23 Feb 2010 | Ref. 044/2010
YORK, Pennsylvania – BAE Systems was awarded a contract for $74 million by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command, Life Cycle Management Command to purchase long-lead items in preparation for the reset of 101 Bradley [...]
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 25, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it received a contract from the U.S. Army on Feb. 24 for low-rate initial production of the initial brigade set of Brigade Combat Team Modernization (BCTM) Increment 1 [...]
Aircraft made a ‘hard landing’ near airfield at base, says military
Associated Press
updated 11:34 a.m. PT, Sun., Feb. 21, 2010
Source: MSNBC
BAGHDAD – The U.S. military says two Army helicopter pilots have been killed in an accident on a base in northern [...]
 TEWKSBURY, Mass., Feb. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $58.2 million contract for Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical, or GEM-T, missiles.
The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AAMCOM), Redstone Arsenal, Ala., issued the contract to [...]
February 12, 2010
Source: General Dynamics
FAIRFAX, Va. – General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a contract for Constructive Training Systems support by the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and [...]
 08 Feb 2010 | Ref. 013/2010
ANNISTON, Alabama – BAE Systems received a $32 million contract modification from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management command to reset 417 M113 vehicles, one of the most widely used combat vehicles in the [...]
 It’s the Latest Incident That Resulted in Officers Disciplined Following Troop Deaths
By LUIS MARTINEZ
Feb. 5, 2010
Source: ABC News
A military investigation of a Taliban attack last fall on a remote U.S. army outpost that left eight American soldiers dead and 22 [...]
Feb 4, 2010
By Steve Reeves, Fort Jackson Leader
Source: US Army
FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Basic Combat Training is getting ready for some major changes to reflect the modern battlefield, said Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, deputy commanding general for Initial Military Training.
Hertling, [...]
Villagers pull injured pupils from rubble after Taliban fighters kill seven in military convoy attack
Declan Walsh in Islamabad
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 3 February 2010 20.06 GMT
Three American soldiers were killed and two others injured today in a bomb attack that marked the [...]
20 Jan 2010 | Ref. 007/2010
YORK, Pennsylvania – BAE Systems today unveiled its upgraded PIM (Paladin Integrated Management) vehicle to military customers, Congressional representatives, community leaders and employees at a ceremony held at its York facility. PIM is the next [...]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 13, 2010 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has selected Science Engineering Services Inc. (SES) to perform disassembly, inspection and repair on AH-64D Apache helicopters in preparation for their upgrade to the Block III configuration. The program [...]
22 Dec 2009 | Ref. 253/2009
Source: BAE Systems
NASHUA, New Hampshire – BAE Systems has successfully installed the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM) system on U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook aircraft. The ATIRCM system is a laser-based, directable countermeasures system that protects [...]
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) land-based MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System, designated P7, successfully demonstrated interoperability with the Army’s One System(R) Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT) at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., [...]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Jan. 11, 2010 – The U.S. Army has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) to develop the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) under a $577 million, five-year, cost-plus-incentive-fee/cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for system design and development. [...]
08 January 2010
Source: Army Technoogy
AN/PRC-152 Handheld Radio. Photo: Harris Corporation.
The US Army has awarded a contract to Harris Corporation to supply tactical handheld radio systems with vehicular amplifier adapters for the army’s mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) all-terrain vehicles (ATV).
Under the [...]
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
Source: US Dept of Defense
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2010 – Discussions about the Army’s use of unmanned systems in the combat theater are likely to focus on bomb-detecting robots and ground vehicles able to navigate through [...]
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