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US Army pursues faster, more survivable Stinger missile replacement

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is pursuing a Stinger missile replacement for short-range air defense that can go faster, survive jamming and more easily hit tougher targets like drones, according to the service’s program executive officer for missiles and space. The service last month awarded RTX and Lockheed Martin with contracts to competitively develop the Stinger replacement. The…
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Combat training centers undergo a generational makeover

The Army is overhauling nearly every aspect of its combat training centers with new technology and tools that seek to make the demands of a rotation there as close to actual combat as possible. In the 1980s, the Army rolled out its AirLand Battle doctrine and fielded major…
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Teledyne FLIR debuts vehicle for Army equipment carrier competition

WASHINGTON — Teledyne FLIR is entering the competition for the Army’s light equipment carrier. The Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport vehicle, or SMET, is intended to carry gear and light payloads to make soldiers in the field more nimble. Four companies competed for the first generation in 2017, and General Dynamics Land Systems won the first two contracts in 2019 and 2020. The program is…
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US Army relies on Pacific allies, exercises to sustain supply lines

WASHINGTON ― U.S. Army commanders overseeing forces in the Indo-Pacific outlined on Monday their work with allies and partners in the region to sustain the supply lines that allow the service to maintain forces throughout the broad, diffuse area. “This mesh network of friends, partners and allies helps us to accomplish the things that the Army needs to have done,” Lt. Gen. Xavier Brunson…
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Military intervention in Niger unlikely, says Ghana’s top Army officer

WASHINGTON ― A West African union is considering diplomatic options in response to the July coup in Niger that ousted democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum, the head of Ghana’s Army Staff told Defense News on Monday. But Maj. Gen. Thomas Oppong-Peprah also noted a “military assessment” is underway to examine a possible armed intervention in Niger, a prospect the Economic…
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