APFSDS in flight ATK recently announced a $77 million, 3-year contract, exercising an option to develop and qualify the USA's new 120mm tank-killing round for use in the U.S. Army's M1A2 SEP Abrams tanks. The M829E4 is called the Advanced Kinetic Energy round, and...
* Chairman of the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee, J Randy Forbes (R-VA), has outlined a number of shortfalls in US Navy programs. Concerns focus upon increased inspection failures for naval vessels, the deployment of ships lacking essential equipment or...
IA line battalions,July 2011(click to view full) Guest Article by DJ Elliott Recently, I saw a comment that claimed the Iraqi Army (IA) is the best Arab army in the Mid-East. That it had been trained by the US in Corps- and Division- level operations, and thus was...
Slocum Glider(click to view full) Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., in Huntsville, AL recently received approval from the U.S. Navy to move into the Full Rate Production (FRP) Phase on the underwater Littoral Battlespace Sensing-Glider (LBS-G) Program. The first Full...
U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base, IL provides more than just airlift services. For heavier items, sealift is more economical, and can even be faster given required sortie rates for very large shipments. Hence the USA's Regional Domestic Contract...
* The Inspector General of the Department of Defense (DoD) releases Contract Management of Joint Logistics Integrator Services in Support of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles Needs Improvement [PDF]. The report criticizes officials for allowing contractors to...
ASDS(click to view full) Northrop Grumman's ASDS "Advanced SEAL Delivery System" aimed to build mini-subs as successors to the current SDV (SEAL/Swimmer Delivery Vehicle). It began with great promise. The SDVs, carried on US modified Benjamin Franklin Class [SSBN-640]...
Tribalco, LLC in Bethesda, MD receives an option on a 4-year indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of tactical combat casualty care sets in support of U.S. Special Operations Command. The goal for the CASEVAC Set is to have individual...
* White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley tells ABC's This Week that the United States will suspend $800 million in aid to Pakistan's military. The suspension comes after Pakistan expels US military trainers and amid concerns regarding Islamabad's effectiveness in...