The U.S. has picked a location to restart its TNT production domestically as it races to ramp up 155mm production.#kentucky #repkon #tnt-production #organic-industrial-base #army-acquisition #jpeo-a-a #joint-program-executive-office-armaments-and-ammunition #155mm-production #dn-dnr #circulated-defense-news #circulated-army-times #circulated-military-times
Army awards contract to build new TNT production facility in Kentucky

With a growing share of electric vehicles in the automotive market, the Army is still on the fence about the technology. Money and mass are to blame.#hybrid-electric #electric-vehicle #hybrid-vehicle #bradley-infantry-fighting-vehicle #stryker-combat-vehicle #general-dynamics-land-systems #gm-defense #tactical-vehicle #combat-vehicle #mack-defense #common-tactical-truck #xm30-mechanized-infantry-combat-vehicle #peo-ground-combat-systems #army-acquisition #ausa-2024 #ausa #association-of-the-us-army #ausa-2024 #circulated-defense-news #circulated-army-times #circulated-military-times
When will the Army embrace hybrid-electric vehicles?

“There’s going to be a lot of ribbon cuttings between now and the end of the year,” Doug Bush, the Army’s acquisition chief, told Defense News.#single-source-of-failure #15mm-munition #howitzer-ammunition #ukraine #general-dynamics #day-zimmerman #armtec #radford-ammunition-plant #iowa-ammunition-plant #assemble-load-pack #shell-production #organic-industrial-base #army-acquisition #ausa #ausa-2024 #dn-dnr #digital-show-daily #circulated-defense-news
Army races to widen the bottlenecks of artillery shell production

Army leaders take another stab at familiar objectives — culture change and acquisition reform.#army-acquisition #agile-acquisition #flexible-funding #army-requirements-oversight-council #aroc #transforming-in-contact #acquisition-reform #army-futures-command #ausa-2024 #ausa #association-of-the-u-s-army #dn-dnr #circulated-defense-news
Trial by fire: How the Army banks on frontline units to test new gear

The Army plans to ask for more agile funding for drones, counter-drone and electronic warfare capabilities in its FY26 budget.#drone #unmanned-aircraft-systems #uas #electronic-warfare #ew #counter-uas #counter-drone #army-acquisition #army-budget #dn-dnr #dnconf2024 #defense-news-conference #circulated-defense-news
US Army’s next budget invests heavily in drones and electronic warfare

One major end-to-end test stands between the Army's decision to field hypersonic weapon rounds to the first unit.#hypersonic-weapon #hypersonic-missile #long-range-hypersonic-weapon #lrhw #common-hypersonic-glide-body #leidos #multidomain-task-force #army-acquisition #dn-dnr #circulated-defense-news #circulated-army-times #circulated-military-times
US Army aiming for one more hypersonic weapon test by year’s end

The Army has taken a key step in selecting a lead integrator for the HADES program, a future spy plane with range capability well-suited for the Pacific.#sierra-nevada-corporation #spy-plane #intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance #isr #aerial-isr #hades #army-spy-plane #army-isr #army-isr-task-force #army-acquisition #fixed-wing-isr #dn-dnr #l3harris #leidos #circulated-defense-news
US Army picks Sierra Nevada for long-range spy plane integration work

The Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft is set to replace roughly 2,000 Black Hawk utility helicopters.#future-vertical-lift #fvl #future-long-range-assault-aircraft #flraa #textron-bell #lockheed-martin #lockheed-martin #boeing #v-280-valor #engineering-and-manufacturing-development #emd #army-acquisition #peo-aviation #future-vertical-lift-cft #dn-dnr #circulated-defense-news #circulated-army-times #circulated-military-times
Army’s long-range tiltrotor aircraft moves to next development phase

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