U.S. Army

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is interested in expanding its ability to provide multiyear contracts to industry.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
A specialist in experimental rotorcraft, Piasecki eyes the transition from R&D to production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force flight-related incidents increased in 2023, while Navy and Marine Corps rates stayed steady.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Ahead of an expected major award for a new fleet, delays hit prototypes that had been expected to be fielded in January 2024.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army on Jan. 3 announced it ordered one Bombardier Global 6500, with options for two more.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The competitors for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft are progressing well.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A potential mandatory cut in addition to ongoing continuing resolutions have military officials blasting congressional inaction on Pentagon plans.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin delivered the first Precision Strike Missile to the Army after qualification testing in November from the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Congressional authorizers want a broad relook at U.S. Air Force and Navy tactical aircraft force structure.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin’s two electronic warfare pod programs progress toward flight testing and airworthiness certification.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army faces a longer wait for its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon though DOD officials say the launcher problem should not impact the Navy’s CPS program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Epirus' Leonidas Indirect Fire Protection Capability High-Power Microwave is part of a series of new acquisition programs under RCCTO focusing on small UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Competitors for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program have started the certification and installation process of the engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
The new program partners with the U.S. Army Reserve and three MRO schools to give students direct pathway to airline jobs.
Workforce & Training

By Tony Osborne
The UK has been OK’d to purchase up to 3,000 Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM) to equip its new Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Sierra Nevada Corp. has won the latest prototype award, facing off against a team led by L3Harris Technologies.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
A Near Earth Autonomy-Kaman team and Piasecki Aircraft have won contracts to demonstrate UAVs for the U.S. Army’s HVTOL program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
GE Aerospace has delivered the second T901 engine for installation in the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft prototypes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
With Ukrainian and U.S. munitions stockpiles in urgent need of replenishment, a new conflict in Israel could further stretch global supply chains for weapons.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army's aggressive goal of fielding 24 prototype systems by the end of fiscal 2023 has reshaped the service’s acquisition process in positive ways.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Boeing on Oct. 11 completed the first flight of an upgrade to its AH-64E Apache about two years after an award from the U.S. Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A request for information posted on Oct. 11 seeks options for an “emerging requirement” for surveillance platforms capable of sustained flight above 60,000 ft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army plans to complete its analysis of alternatives (AOA) on the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft by year’s end.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has selected Sierra Nevada Corp. to provide two contractor-owned, contractor-operated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is still looking for a home for its newly developed small, expeditionary multi-domain force in the Pacific.
Budget, Policy & Operations