Tanks For The Memories: What Was Hot At Massive Army Meet-Up
AUSA: The Association of the US Army’s annual meeting was smaller this year, but when it comes to AUSA — like most things Army-related– small is a relative term. The conference, held this week,...
View ArticleGD’s Tracked Stryker Aims To Knock BAE Out In Race to Replace M-113
AUSA: BAE has had plenty on its plate lately, what with the failed merger with EADS and all. But at least BAE’s American division was the odds-on favorite for the Army’s Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle...
View ArticleBradley Offspring, GCV, May Top 84 Tons, Heavier Than M1 Tank
What may weigh more than an M1 Abrams tank and carry 12 soldiers? The Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle. New weight estimates for GCV, released this week by the Congressional Budget Office, will likely go...
View ArticleArmy Fights To Keep Heavy Armored Brigades; GCV At Stake
[updated with quote from Army source] WASHINGTON: The battle over the Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle isn’t only about one war machine and what it may weigh (80-plus tons) or cost ($13 some million). It’s...
View ArticleBAE Storms Hill For Bradley Funding To Keep Penn. Plant Alive
WASHINGTON: A $140 million congressional plus-up to the Army’s Bradley fighting vehicle program has made it past every legislative hurdle into the spending bill now headed for the Senate floor. But...
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Lima Tank Plant Lobbying Begins In Senate With Letter To Sen. Durbin
CAPITOL HILL: The congressional push to keep the Lima, Ohio tank plant open — regardless of the Army’s opinion that it will stay open without lawmakers’ help — picked up steam again as the Senate...
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Is This America’s Deadliest Soldier?
Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. (1 Samuel 18:7) The web is abuzz over Dillard Johnson, a retired Army sergeant first class whose newly released memoir, Carnivore, claims he...
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Big Army For Big Wars? Yes! GCV? Probably Not.
PENTAGON: Do we still need a big Army that can wage big wars? Hell yes, the Army generals say. Will the Army get a new Ground Combat Vehicle to replace the 1981-vintage Bradley Fighting Vehicle that...
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BAE, GD: We Can Cut Weight From Army’s GCV
As storm clouds loom over the Army’s controversial Ground Combat Vehicle, both contractors competing for GCV say they’re focused on completing the program of record still on the books. But if the Army...
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Uparmored Bradley Could Be Tough Enough For AMPV: Testers
Massive government documents typically hide some gold nuggets of information. In today’s report from the Pentagon’s independent Director of Operational Test & Evaluation, a famously tough grader...
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What Should Congress Do About Ukraine?
Poland suddenly reappeared in 1919, 120 years after it vanished from the map of Europe, sowing confusion at the Versailles Peace Conference as the great powers tried to heal the wounds of World War I....
View ArticleArmy Armor Modernizes In Slow Motion
WASHINGTON: The US Army is deploying extra stocks of heavy weapons to Europe to deter Russia’s increasingly naked aggression. These are the most advanced ground weapons America can field — but the...
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‘The Terminator Conundrum:’ VCJCS Selva On Thinking Weapons
WASHINGTON: The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called today for an international debate about the use of intelligent weapons and of boosted human beings. “Where do we want to cross that...
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Army Commission: Pay More To Keep Apaches in Guard
UPDATED: Retired Gen. Ham Adds Apache Cost Info At Friday breakfast WASHINGTON: The congressionally chartered National Commission on the Future of the Army recommends splitting the difference between...
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Iron Man, Not Terminator: The Pentagon’s Sci-Fi Inspirations
WASHINGTON: “When most people when they hear me talk about this, they immediately start to think of think of Skynet and Terminator,” said the deputy secretary of defense. “I think more in terms of Iron...
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Army Vice Says Yes On Anti-Drone Tech; Maybe On Missiles; No On Iron Man
WASHINGTON: The Army is developing promising new technology, from long-range missiles to anti-drone defense, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Dan Allyn told reporters today. The problem, of course, is paying...
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Big Guns For Light Infantry: Mobile Protected Firepower
This week at Fort Benning, Ga., the Army told some 200 industry representatives from 59 companies what it wants in its next war machine, the Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle (MPF). The MPF must be...
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Army Seeks Early Industry Input On Mobile Protected Firepower
After two decades of canceled combat vehicles, the Mobile Protected Firepower program is a crucial test for the Army’s new approach to acquisitions. The service is seeking off-the-shelf technology...
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Rebuilding The M2 Bradley: Same A4 Turret But Most Is New
WASHINGTON: More horsepower. Higher suspension. A blast-resistant underbody. Safer fuel tanks. A larger hull. Take it all together and this may not just be another upgrade but more like a complete...
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Army Rolls Out Upgunned Stryker: 30m Autocannon Vs. Russians
Today, after 18 months of urgent work, the Army rolled out its first upgunned Stryker vehicle, nicknamed Dragoon. The armored eight-wheel-drive troop transport, built by General Dynamics and normally...
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