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Army nursing to have major changes in near future

Having a consistent and standardized system of care is the future of Army nursing, Deputy Surgeon General Maj. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho told Madigan Healthcare System senior nurses at a recent presentation. The Patient and Family Centered System of Care assures the same standard of health care at every...

March 19th, 2010 | Army News | Read More

Cubic to Supply Small Arms Trainers to Saudi Arabian National Guard

SAN DIEGO, CA: A defense unit of Cubic Corporation has been awarded a contract worth more than $30 million to supply small arms training systems to Saudi Arabia. Cubic will provide its EST 2000 Engagement Skills Trainer to the Saudi Arabian National Guard under a contract from the U.S. Army's Program...

March 19th, 2010 | Army News | Read More

FRES demonstrator complete mobility performance trials

FARNBOROUGH, UK: The BAE Systems FRES Scout contender and common base platform has completed mobility performance trials which verify it meets demanding UK Ministry of Defence growth targets for its top-priority FRES SV programme. BAE Systems engineers completed initial proving tests at the vehicle's...

March 19th, 2010 | Army News | Read More

Army developing new Ground Combat Vehicle

The U.S. Army's Feb. 25 release of a formal Request for Proposal, or RFP, to industry marks a significant step forward in the effort to build a first-of-its-kind, highly versatile Ground Combat Vehicle, more commonly referred to as the GCV, - a nine-man squad Infantry Carrier that can protect against...

March 18th, 2010 | Army News | Read More

US Spy Operations Become More Reliant on Contractors

The U.S. Defense Department has ordered an investigation into allegations that one of its employees set up a spy network of private contractors to help track down suspected militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The allegations, which first appeared in The New York Times, are that Defense Department...

March 18th, 2010 | Army News | Read More

DXM Independent Suspension for MRAPs

WARRENVILLE, Ill.: Navistar Defense, LLC received a $178 million contract today to retrofit 1,222 International MaxxPro Dash Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles with the DXM independent suspension. The order from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command calls for the vehicles to be upgraded...

March 18th, 2010 | Army News | Read More

Airmen train Iraqi EOD squad

ALI BASE, Iraq: The eight Iraqi men drove up to the Ali Base main gate in two sparkling clean, white Ford F-350 trucks, replete with police badges emblazoned on the doors and light bars on the roofs . Waiting to meet them were three Airmen in a joint explosive ordanace disposal rapid response vehicle. The...

March 17th, 2010 | Army News | Read More

First Fennek JFST Delivered to German Army

MUNICH: Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) handed over the first series-production vehicle of the Joint Fire Support Team (JFST) FENNEK to the German Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) and the Armed Forces at the artillery school in Idar-Oberstein on Thursday, March 11, 2010. The vehicles...

March 17th, 2010 | Army News | Read More

Osprey Landing at Naval Hospital Provides New Life-Saving Option

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS: The MV-22 Osprey, long touted by the Marines as an advanced, flexible, transformational and all-around “great piece of gear,” didn’t do anything spectacular in a landing zone capability exercise at LZ 16 at the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital...

March 16th, 2010 | Army News | Read More