Dan Schere

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.

In spite of a change in philosophy to its overall acquisition approach, and a shakeup that saw the cancellation of one long-term aircraft program earlier this year, Army leaders remain publicly confident that the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft will come to fruition. FLRAA is expected to begin operation in 2030 as a successor to the Black Hawk helicopter, although top officials have said it won’t be a “one-for-one"replacement, and Black Hawks will continue to fly into the 2070s...

The Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Ground Vehicle Systems Center has awarded a $197 million contract to HII for research and development over a five-year period.

The Army wants to learn more from industry about adding signals intelligence sensor capabilities for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle platform, in preparation for operating in a multidomain environment, according to an Oct. 28 notice.

The Army has awarded Repkon USA a contract with a ceiling of $435 million to build a TNT production facility in Graham, KY -- which would make it the only domestic production facility for the material in the United States.

U.S. Special Operations Command is nearly doubling the ceiling of a 2022 indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for Counter Unmanned Systems from $967.6 billion to $1.9 billion, according to a Nov. 6 justification and approval notice from the Defense Department.

Bombardier Defense has delivered the first prototype Global 6500 aircraft for the Army's High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES), the company announced today. The Global 6500 is a fixed-wing platform that will help the Army strengthen its deep sensing capabilities, according to Bombardier. The Army awarded the company a contract in December 2023 for one jet, with options to buy another two over the course of three years, Inside Defense reported in January. The Army will use...