The U.S. Army has begun seeking bids for a potential $293.8 million follow-on contract to procure commercial-off-the-shelf technologies for the service branch’s enterprise installation access control system. The Automated Installation Entry Next procurement effort covers the deployment of the AIE system to additional Army installations outside...
Elbit Systems‘ (Nasdaq: ESLT) U.S. subsidiary has received a $107 million order to deliver helmet-mounted night vision systems, spare parts, logistics support and test equipment to the U.S. Army. The Enhanced Night Vision Goggle–Binocular system is equipped with white phosphor image intensifier tubes designed to help warfighters improv...
The defense subsidiary of Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) has won a $263.2 million contract to manufacture Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter System trailers and provide logistics support services to the U.S. Army. Dutch special transport builder Broshuis B.V. will serve as the main subcontractor in efforts to deliver as many as 466 trailers to the service br...
Ten years ago, the U.S. Army was notorious for being a “deliberate late adopter” of technology. The Army carried a well-known reputation of risk aversion — an approach which often placed the service branch several years behind the power curve. Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo, who was sworn into the role in February, is changing that narrat...
The U.S. Army has selected General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to develop extended-range electronic warfare system concepts for the first leg of a potential $163 million prototype competition, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Phase one of the Army’s Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade program is valued at...
Dovarius Peoples, chief information officer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said the federal government’s zero trust strategy is forcing the agency to rethink its approach to securing information technology, networks and operational technology that support critical infrastructure such as waterways. “Technology has allowed us to mode...
The U.S. Army has notified contractors of its intent to extend by three years a multiple-award procurement vehicle for contingency operations training services to military and civilian personnel. A special notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov says the Enterprise Training Services Contract would expire on June 18, 2023, under the extension plan. The se...
In the U.S. Army’s modernization journey, the cloud is playing an increasingly important role. Army CIO Raj Iyer, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said that in the future fight, data will be the Army’s ammunition, and the cloud will serve as the next warfighting platform. Although the Department of Defense’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability pr...
Electronic warfare is becoming a top priority for the U.S. Army, especially following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which put the latest EW tactics in the global spotlight. Defined by the Department of Defense as “military activities that use electromagnetic energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum and attack an enemy,” electronic warfa...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will manufacture additional prototypes of the U.S. Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor under a three-year, $353.9 million contract. The military branch received two bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract and obligated $104.8 million at the time of award, the Department of Defense said Wednesday...
