U.S. Army

By Steve Trimble
Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) will provide a 3D-woven, composite aeroshell for the Lockheed Martin Next Generation Glide Body (NXGB), Lockheed announced on Aug. 10.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army plans to adapt its XM913 50mm chain gun for counter-UAS, with new ammunition and systems showcased at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Army has awarded Siemens Government Technologies an $80 million contract to set up an advanced manufacturing facility for drone components at Anniston Army Depot in Alabama.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has opened a new website to make reserving space on its test ranges as easy as grabbing a table at a restaurant.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
U.S. Army Broadens Hydra Rocket Supply Base Amid Demand
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By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has awarded new agreements to four companies to expand the supply base of Hydra-70 M151 rockets that are soaring in demand.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
AeroVironment partnered with Applied Intuition to integrate autonomy software into its Mayhem-10 launched effects system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Textron will temporarily fund work on the MV-75 tiltrotor aircraft to maintain schedule while awaiting congressional approval of Army reprogramming.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
X-Bow unveiled its low-cost Buckler interceptor after successful flight testing, targeting affordable defense against Shahed-type drones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Patriot manufacturers begin early planning with the U.S. government to explore potential interceptor production in Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin announced a new, more affordable Patriot PAC-3 interceptor, the PAC-3 ACE, aimed at the European market.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Boeing is looking to advance the installation of an AESA radar onto the Apache, as the airframer and the U.S. Army seek to expand the rotorcraft’s situational awareness.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A top U.S. Army official named Anduril as a potential hypersonic weapons supplier on July 14.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has kicked off a competition to build an interceptor with a goal of testing within the next several months and possibly fielding it within a year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
As a first generation of hypersonic weapons in the U.S. nears fielding, the Pentagon has adopted a different set of goals than range and speed for the next.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Army plan to accelerate delivery of the first Bell MV-75 tiltrotor prototype came after a review identified increasing schedule risks, with the new plan potentially exacerbating the issue.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Thousands of drones and increased aircraft range are changing the airborne division’s tactics.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Collaborative combat R66; NASA open-fan demo; quantum heads to the field; and Sora’s subscale eVTOL bus.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army’s first division to get the Bell MV-75 Cheyenne II has been practicing with Bell’s MV-22 tiltrotor ahead of the fielding in the coming years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Army plan to start early procurement of the Bell MV-75 might be slowed under new legislation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military was poised to respond to Iranian forces on June 9 following the downing of a U.S. Army attack helicopter and rescue mission.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army’s new Amazon.com-like website for drone acquisition is challenging industry business models and supply chains.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin said June 4 that it completed a final ground test of a U.S. Army surface-to-surface missile project before the government sent a stop-work order.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
New procurement plans for executive airlift and support bring opportunities for special mission providers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A new Pentagon document shows the U.S. Army plans to cull its AH-64E fleet even as it retires all its AH-64Ds.
Aircraft & Propulsion