DefenseNews

BAE demos platform that gives Army AMPVs turret system options

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — BAE Systems showed off a universal top plate that allows the Army’s Armored Multipurpose Vehicle to easily swap turrets for different mission roles. The company brought an AMPV complete with a 30mm unmanned turret from Elbit Systems to the Association of the U.S. Army’s Global Force Symposium being held this week in Huntsville, Alabama, to demonstrate the capability. BAE…
Read more
DefenseNews

US Army’s fresh look at watercraft includes unmanned options

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army has reexamined its watercraft needs as it prepares for potential complex operations in challenging environments like the Indo-Pacific theater, according to the head of Army Futures Command. Service officials have stressed the importance of…
DefenseNews

US Army leaning into launched effects for modernized battlefield

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army is speeding up its plan to procure launched effects capable of flying at different ranges and deploying from a variety of air and ground vehicles. With cancellation of the Army’s manned Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, the service has more funding to pursue launched effects, a major unmanned element of a modernized aerial tier that will be able to deliver…
Read more
DefenseNews

Navy wish list seeks Red Sea missiles, backs submarine-industrial base

The U.S. Navy sent lawmakers a $2.2 billion wish list for fiscal 2025, which includes several items that would fill in gaps that arose this year due to high-tempo operations in the Red Sea and Congress not yet passing a supplemental spending bill. This unfunded priorities list, which supplements the Navy’s $257.6 billion FY25 budget request, asks for 13 items, ranging from repairs to…
Read more
DefenseNews

Boeing CEO to depart as part of broader leadership shakeup

The top executive at embattled plane-maker Boeing will step down this year amid a broader shakeup of the company’s top leadership, capping a tumultuous five plus years that has shaken faith in one of America’s most storied manufacturers. Boeing is the fifth-largest…
DefenseNews

Outsourcing Navy shipbuilding weakens the United States

The Pentagon’s first-ever industrial base strategy is rightly looking to address critical areas of America’s supply chain resilience, workforce readiness, flexible acquisition and economic deterrence.But rather than looking to invest in American shipbuilding and repair…
DefenseNews

Defense Innovation Unit would get major funding boost in spending bill

As the Defense Innovation Unit takes on a more central role in the Pentagon’s innovation ecosystem, Congress is proposing a nearly $800 million boost to the organization’s funding in fiscal 2024. House and Senate appropriators released a compromise version of the fiscal 2024 defense spending bill March 21 that would grow DIU’s funding to $983 million — up from the $191 million enacted the…
Read more