Defense

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is launching a phase for the concept design of its future Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, which is intended to replace the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The service held a virtual industry day Dec. 9 for the $4.6 billion and plans to release a request for proposals to move into the design phase by the end of the month, according to a Dec. 9 Army statement…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy will have to set up a land-based testing site for the engineering plant destined for its new Constellation-class frigate program, according to a provision in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act on President Trump’s desk. The frigate program, lately known as FFG(X), includes a propulsion system that hasn’t been used before in the Navy, which Congressional…

WASHINGTON ― The final version of the must-pass annual defense policy bill unveiled Thursday mandates the U.S. president sanction Turkey for its acquisition of the S-400 air missile defense system. Though President Donald Trump has held off sanctioning Turkey for the purchase under the 2017 Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, or CAATSA, the defense bill would order that…