Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, was awarded a $24 million contract for production and delivery of electric generators with containers to the United States Army Anniston Depot in support of the U.S. Army’s Abrams M1A2 Main Battle Tank. As part of the Army’s System Enhanced Package version 3 (SEPv3) to …
Read More »American Rheinmetall Vehicles and Team Lynx awarded contract for U.S. Army’s XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle program
The U.S. Army has awarded American Rheinmetall Vehicles (Sterling Heights, MI) and the industry leading companies of Team Lynx – Textron Systems, Raytheon Technologies, L3Harris Technologies, Allison Transmission, and Anduril Industries – a contract for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) Phase 3 Detailed Design and Phase 4 Prototype Build …
Read More »Raytheon Technologies awarded $237 million counter-UAS contract
Raytheon Technologies was awarded a $237 million U.S. Army contract for Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensors (KuRFS) and Coyote® effectors to detect and defeat unmanned aircraft. The contract includes a combination of fixed-site and mobile systems as well as a quantity of effectors, designated to support the Army’s U.S Central Command …
Read More »L3Harris and U.S. Army Sign Agreement on MOSA Implementation for Ground Vehicles
L3Harris Technologies and the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) have signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to collaborate on the implementation of the Army’s Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) for its ground combat vehicles. The Department of Defense’s MOSA strategy aims …
Read More »Textron’s Bell V-280 Valor chosen as new U.S. Army Long-Range Assault Aircraft
Textron Inc announced today that Bell Textron Inc., a Textron company, has been awarded the development contract for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program. The award is based on Bell’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor that was developed and tested as part of the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR …
Read More »Collins Aerospace & U.S. Army to develop best practices for airworthiness certification of multicore processors and open system architectures
Collins Aerospace has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center to develop best practices, approaches, processes, and methods for airworthiness certification of multicore processors. This joint effort will address the need to provide faster integration of …
Read More »Meet Oshkosh Defense’s Stryker Medium Caliber Weapon System
The Oshkosh Defense Stryker Medium Caliber Weapon System (MCWS) provides increased lethality, accuracy, and range while maintaining the mobility and survivability of the Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle Double V Hull (ICVVA1). Integrated on the chassis is a 30mm weapon system based on Rafael Advanced Defense Systems’ proven SAMSON family of …
Read More »Collins Aerospace Wins U.S. Army Contract for MAPS Gen II Assured PNT System
Collins Aerospace has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) production contract for the Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing System (MAPS) Gen II program with a ceiling value of $583 million. MAPS Gen II is the latest generation of assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) for manned and unmanned …
Read More »Collins Aerospace Wins Second Order for U.S. Army’s HMS Manpack Radio Program
Collins Aerospace has received a second full-rate production order from the U.S. Army to provide AN/PRC-162 ground radios for the Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Fit (HMS) program. The AN/PRC-162 is a two-channel networked communications ground radio that includes multiple waveforms – both narrowband and wideband – high-speed mobile ad hoc networked …
Read More »BAE Systems wins U.S. Army’s CATV competition, receives $278 million contract
BAE Systems’ Beowulf has won the U.S. Army’s competition for its Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program and the company has received a $278 million contract for production units, spare parts and contractor logistics support. The win further confirms BAE Systems as the industry leader in the design and production …
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