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Army Awards BAE Systems $8 Million Deal For New Precision-Guidance Kits

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, January 30th, 2018

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Army Awards BAE Systems $8 Million Deal For New Precision-Guidance Kits

BAE Systems has received an $8 million deal to develop new precision-guidance kits to the Army aimed to improve the accuracy of 155-millimeter artillery munitions.Under the deal, announced Jan. 30, BAE is tasked with developing new kits to enable Army munitions to make in-flight course corrections in environment where GPS systems may be jammed.“Our kits will provide this capability for the current stock of 155-millimeter munitions and future munitions designed to provide significantly greater range,” Marc Casseres, BAE director of…

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]