Monthly Archive: Dicembre 2020

Oshkosh Wins $888M for JLTV Vehicles, Trailers

Oshkosh Wins $888M for JLTV Vehicles, Trailers

— Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was awarded an $888,422,571 modification (P00451) to contract W56HZV-15-C-0095 to exercise options (1,001 trailers; 2,679 vehicles; and 6,725 kits) for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Family of Vehicles for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force.
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Northrop Completes Testing on Solid Fuel Ramjet Concept

Northrop Completes Testing on Solid Fuel Ramjet Concept

BALTIMORE — Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed multiple rounds of tests on its Solid Fuel Ramjet (SFRJ) tactical engine configuration – a technology to enable long range precision fires, one of the U.S. Army’s key priorities.

Conducted as part of phase one of the U.S. Army’s XM…

Pentagon Seeks to Achieve Agile, Adaptive Acquisition

Pentagon Seeks to Achieve Agile, Adaptive Acquisition

The acquisition and sustainment community recently rewrote the Defense Department’s 5000-series acquisition regulations. America’s modeling and simulation community will be able to help the department achieve some of the goals it hoped to reach with the rewrite, the deputy undersecretary of defense …
“Mind-Boggling” Waste Seen in Australian Weapons Spending

“Mind-Boggling” Waste Seen in Australian Weapons Spending

With the blow-out in the budget expected to hit nearly $1 trillion by 2023-24 as a result of the pandemic, one would think the Federal Government would crack down on wasteful spending. But when it comes to defence spending, too much is never enough.

Budget papers show defence funding will grow by…

Thales Completes Upgrade on First Royal Navy Minehunter

Thales Completes Upgrade on First Royal Navy Minehunter

How a combination of open architecture and innovation is delivering significant upgrades to the Royal Navy’s Hunt and Sandown Class minehunters.

Mines are a global threat. Their increasingly hi-tech nature and affordability – compounded with more cluttered maritime environments – have resulted in…

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