The U.S. Army has kicked off its search for industry input on the design of secure and no-secure facilities for the Army Intelligence Command and other Defense Department agencies. The Army said in a notice posted Saturday it plans to award a five-year multi-discipline indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract based on the market research. Work under the planned contract […] More

BAE Systems has partnered with Japan’s Daicel Corp. to offer cockpit airbags for U.S. Army helicopters in a push to establish military and industrial ties with Tokyo, Reuters reported Monday. Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo write that the partnership with the British defense contractor also works to build on Japan’s military exports following the repeal of a […] More

A Chemring Group subsidiary has received contracts worth almost $4 million to provide bomb detection systems to the U.S. Army and subsurface object detectors to Saudi Arabia. NIITEK will build technology for the Army to detect underground roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices under the Next-Generation Handheld Multi-Sensor Explosive contract, Chemring said Tuesday. The Army Research Laboratory awarded […] More

ArmorSource is scheduled to deliver combat helmets to the U.S. Army this spring after it concluded the first article testing on the protective equipment. The Lightweight Advanced Combat Helmet AS-505 is designed to protect the human body from back-face deformation and fragmentation and projectile threats, ArmorSource said Tuesday. ArmorSource CEO Yoav Kapah said the 3-pound helmet […] More

The U.S. Army has introduced a competition that aims to encourage government, academic and commercial organizations to develop cyberspace situational awareness technology for tactical commanders. The military branch will use an “other transaction” procurement framework to choose prototype systems from participants in the Cyber Innovation Challenge, according to an article published Thursday on the Army […] More

Representatives from General Dynamics and the U.S. Army participated in a demonstration for the Army’s scaled-up collaboration software. Geographically dispersed teams with nearly 5,000 total participants shared real-time mission command data using the third-generation General Dynamics-developed CPOF tool during the test, General Dynamics said Tuesday. “By increasing the maximum number of concurrent users from 300 to […] More

Northrop Grumman has handed over four prototype engagement operations shelters to the U.S. Army for the branch’s Integrated air and missile defense Battle Command System. Northrop said Wedneday it delivered the prototype shelters after it integrated improvements suggested by soldiers involved in IBCS-related warfighter exercises. Dan Verwiel, vice president and general manager of Northrop’s integrated air and […] More

Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has been awarded a contract to produce small caliber ammunitions worth $203 million for the U.S. Army. The Army recently placed orders for .30 caliber, .50 caliber, 5.56mm and 7.62mm ammunition under the seven-year contract, the company said Wednesday. Orbital ATK will perform work at its recently updated factory in Lake City. Our commitment to world class […] More

The U.S. Army has placed an order for an initial supply of BAE Systems-built laser-guided rockets for deployment onboard its AH-64 Apache helicopters. The company said Tuesday the service branch will use the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rockets to support its military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The APKWS is a mid-body guidance system […] More

Rockwell Collins has given the U.S. Army a platform the company built to help helicopter pilots access and view drone-derived videos on their cockpits. The Secure Real Time Video system will work to support the service branch’s manned-unmanned teaming activities, Rockwell Collins said Monday. “Giving Army pilots access to real-time video streams in their cockpits will directly improve […] More

DynCorp International has been awarded two contracts worth up to $77 million combined to assist the U.S. Army geographic combatant command in North America and the Pacific in operational planningfunctions. The task orders fall under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV vehicle and both contain a one-year base period and two one-year options, the company said Monday. “DI’s LOGCAP team is proud to […] More

Honeywell has been awarded a $41 million contract to build radar altimeters for installation in the U.S. Army’s helicopter platforms. The APN-209 radar altimeter works to indicate the altitude between the nearest terrain point and the aircraft, Honeywell said Wednesday. “Since 1975, Honeywell’s radar altimeters have helped keep Army helicopters safe in multiple theaters of combat, […] More