Dan Schere

RTX, the umbrella company of subsidiaries Raytheon and Collins Aerospace, demonstrated two Launched Effects capabilities at the Army's Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event (EDGE) last month at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ.

Prime contractor Lockheed Martin has thus far delivered 10 Sentinel A4 radar systems to the Army under its low-rate initial production contract. And the company expects to begin deliveries of 19 systems in fiscal year 2025 under a full-rate production contract, Lockheed executives told Inside Defense today on the showroom floor of the Association of the U.S. Army conference.

Army Program Executive Officer for Aviation Brig. Gen. David Phillips said this week at the Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington that the service now expects the T901 Improved Turbine Engine to enter milestone C, the production phase, in the 2028 to 2029 timeframe. The T901s, which will ultimately be used to power the Black Hawk and Apache helicopters, provide 50% more power and 25% better fuel consumption, according to manufacturer GE Aerospace. A selected acquisition report on...

The Army has awarded Leidos a $331 million contract that aligns with the service's network modernization strategy and Unified Network Plan, the information technology company announced today.

With the Army's decision to end its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program earlier this year, officials touted the developmental Launched Effects initiative last week at the Association of the United States Army's annual trade show in Washington. The Army is developing three variants of Launched Effects, or small drones that shoot out of aircraft and vehicles: Short Range (range of 40 to 125 km) Medium Range (range of 100 to 500 km) Long Range (range of 200 to 1,000 km)...

The Army has awarded Teledyne FLIR Defense a $91 million, five-year contract for its Black Hornet 4 personal reconnaissance drones, the company recently announced.

The Army awarded Sikorsky a $1.2 billion contract modification for foreign military sales of the Black Hawk helicopter to Australia, Brazil, Greece, Sweden and Thailand, according to a Pentagon contract notice posted Oct. 28. The contract has an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2027.

The newest version of the Abrams tank, known as the M1E3, will be the Army’s first hybrid-electric combat vehicle, leveraging lessons learned from the Ukrainian battlefield, a senior defense official said Monday. Speaking during a webinar hosted by Stanford University, Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo said the hybrid version of the upgraded tank will reduce the amount of fuel the service has to lug around the battlefield and will reduce the vehicle’s electromagnetic footprint. The tank will be lighter than...

The Pentagon expects to have about 500 more Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles than previously anticipated, according to a Selected Acquisition Report dated Dec. 31, 2023, that was released publicly last month. The PAC-3 MSE is a follow-on variant of the PAC-3 missile that uses kinetic energy to “destroy targets through a hit-to-kill capability” and can intercept or destroy tactical ballistic missiles, according to the report. The Army had set a procurement objective of 3,100 missiles, according to...

The Army's Program Executive Office C3T and network cross-functional team will host its 13th technical exchange meeting next month in Savannah, GA, according to a government notice.