Army’s Lighter, Shorter M8 Carbine Starts Fielding in December
The Army’s new M8 carbine is heading to its first soldiers in December with a basic engineering promise: reduce the…
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Army’s M8 Carbine Sheds Over a Pound and 3.5 Inches
The U.S. Army’s next carbine is lighter and shorter than its recently introduced M7 rifle, but the service’s public fielding…
Army Moves Another Patriot Battery to Israel as Interceptor Supplies Tighten
The U.S. Army is moving an additional Patriot air-defense battery to Israel, strengthening the country’s missile-defense posture while exposing a…
US Army Asks Industry for Up to 8,000 Lower-Cost Missiles Within Two Years
Eight thousand missiles within 24 months: That is the potential opening requirement behind a U.S. Army market survey for an…
Army Will Field M8 Carbine, One Pound Lighter and 3.5 Inches Shorter
The Army’s next carbine is being promoted through a comparison that also exposes an unresolved procurement question. The Pentagon says…
Army Seeks $1 Million Patriot Missile to Stretch Air-Defense Inventories
One million dollars is the U.S. Army’s proposed ceiling for a new lower-cost Patriot interceptor about one-quarter of the approximately…
Army Returns 173rd Airborne’s 600-Soldier Drone Battalion to Infantry Duties
The U.S. Army is ending the dedicated drone-warfare mission of a roughly 600-soldier battalion in the 173rd Airborne Brigade, returning…
Army Told 173rd Airborne Brigade to Drop Drone Focus; Lawmakers Demand Answers
The U.S. Army has directed a battalion in the Europe-based 173rd Airborne Brigade to stop specializing in drone warfare and…
General Dynamics’ $533 Million Army Factory Reportedly Produced No Usable Shells
The U.S. Army paid General Dynamics $533 million for an automated artillery factory in Texas that reportedly failed to produce…
Army Will End 600-Soldier Drone Battalion Role Without Naming Replacement
The U.S. Army is ending the specialized drone-assault role assigned to a roughly 600-soldier battalion in Europe only months after…
Army Shelves 10,000 Microsoft-Derived Headsets After $1.8 Billion Investment
The U.S. Army has determined that none of the 10,000 Integrated Visual Augmentation System headsets developed and procured from 2018…
Army’s $53.9 Billion Patriot Plan Tests a Threefold Production Ramp
The U.S. Army has put a potential $53.9 billion behind a seven-year Patriot interceptor plan, but that figure is not…
U.S. Army Opens Five Weapons Test Ranges, Promising Access Within 30 Days
A new online portal is now the front door to five military test ranges. A private developer can submit a…
Sources Say U.S. Army Nearly Exhausted Two Long-Range Missile Inventories
The U.S. military says its arsenal remains deep. Yet three people familiar with inventory data told Reuters that five months…
Army Tests Hammer of the Gods to Disrupt Weapon Navigation at Sea
The U.S. Army said it successfully launched, operated and recovered the maritime version of Hammer of the Gods during its…