The Army announced Friday it has selected General Dynamics Land Systems [GD], Oshkosh Defense [OSK], BAE Systems, Rheinmetall and armor supplier Point Blank Enterprises to work on refining their concepts for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program. Nearly $300 million in contracts ...
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Collins Aerospace Sees NGAD, Other Military Systems as Opportunities for New Flight Control Computer
Collins Aerospace [RTX] sees the U.S. Air Force Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter and other military systems as opportunities for its Perigon flight control computer, which the company announced this week and which is to have at least 20 times the processing power of current Collins ...
The Army is planning to fly an autonomy-enabled Black Hawk helicopter, using technology developed in a DARPA program, at its next Project Convergence event, as the service looks to refine requirements for pursuing the technology on its Future Vertical Lift (FVL) fleet. “We’ve always said our ...
During a demonstration for the Army last week, Kongsberg used four different configurations of its remote weapon stations across various unmanned platforms to engage several targets simultaneously for the first time, the company said on July 15. The two-day live fire exercise at Fort Benning in ...
The Army on Thursday conducted another successful test of its future missile defense command platform developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC], as the company readies for the start of initial operational test and evaluation and a production contract award early this fall. The latest risk reduction ...
The Army’s lack of reliable communication with vendors is hindering its ability to grow its tactical wheeled vehicle (TWV) industrial base and increase competition, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. The report arrives as the Army is set to release a new TWV ...