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Army’s Grey Eagle Trades Reliability for Capability
The Army’s MQ-1C Grey Eagle program is under its estimated budget, and is also meeting expected availability rates in theater. While the reliability rate of the unmanned aircraft system, or UAS, is not where it could be, Army leaders have said for now the service is okay with that because the UAS doing more in [...]
Anniston Army Depot Partners to Rebuild Saudi Tanks
Anniston Army Depot recently contracted to overhaul 143 M1 Abrams tanks for Saudi Arabia’s Royal Saudi Land Forces through a partnership with General Dynamics Land Systems, at Lima Army Tank Plant in Ohio. An additional 129 tanks are awaiting funding. Approximately 326,000 direct labor hours are expected for the installation through this program, according to [...]
Budget Constraints to Delay Aircraft Modernization
Some modernization programs may be delayed, but not reduced or cancelled due to a tightening of the budget, senior Army leaders told senators Wednesday. Secretary of the Army John McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno testified Wednesday morning to the Senate Appropriations Committee, subcommittee on Defense regarding the service’s fiscal year [...]
Army to partner with industry for up to $7 billion in renewable-energy projects
The Army will partner with industry for up to $7 billion in renewable-energy sources — wind, solar, biomass and geothermal — and has released a draft request for proposal that could allow multiple projects to begin nationwide. Speaking at a media roundtable March 15, Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy & [...]
Training innovations keep trucks on battlefield, out of classroom
Instructors at Fort Jackson’s Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic School decided to use a little imagination to keep valuable equipment from being transferred from the battleground to the classroom. Rather than treating it as a single problem to be solved, though, instructors decided to seize the opportunity to create interactive, mobile learning tools that improve the way [...]
Aviation Brigade Trains at NTC with First Shadow Unmanned Aerial System Troop
For the first time, a task force of an Army aviation brigade deployed to a training scenario with their own Unmanned Aerial Systems troop organic to them. Task Force Saber, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, made their debut to the National Training Center, known as NTC, at Fort Irwin, with F [...]
US Army Awards Contract for AN/TPQ-53 Firefinder Radar
The U.S. Army Product Manager for Radars (PdM Radars) awarded a contract yesterday to Lockheed Martin for the AN/TPQ-53 Firefinder Radar. The award is a firm fixed price contract for $881 million with the base year and two option years, which could yield up to 51 systems. The base year is $166 million that will [...]
US Army Tests Four Light Robots
Infantrymen and engineers steered four small robots around the buildings and terrain at the McKenna Urban Operations Complex last week to get a better idea how they might help Soldiers in recon missions and the detection of improvised explosive devices. It was part of the Ultra-Light Reconnaissance Robot limited objective experiment sponsored by the Joint [...]
SMDC Successfully Launches Short Range Ballistic Target
The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command successfully completed a test flight of the new Economical Target-1, Feb. 15 at Eglin Air Force Base. The Economical Target-1, or ET-1, missile was launched from the Santa Rosa Test Site with the support of the 46th Test Wing on Eglin Air Force Base [...]
