Since its launch in 2022, the Army of 2030 initiative has guided the service branch toward its modernization goals. Now characterized by Army Secretary and 2023 Wash100 winner Christine Wormuth’s recently announced six operational imperatives – see and sense farther, mass dispersed forces with combat first, win the fires fight, protect...
Cummins has booked a new firm-fixed-price contract valued at $347.4 million to supply the U.S. Army with new and remanufactured diesel engines for the Bradley fighting vehicle and other ground military platforms. The branch is procuring V903 Cummins series products with 600 and 675 horsepower, the Department of Defense said Friday. Columbus, Indiana...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) will equip Wright Patterson Air Force Base with computer systems under a $26.5 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army. The Department of Defense said Thursday funds for the delivery and installation of HPE computers at the air base in Ohio were covered by the Army’s fiscal year 2023 other...
A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) subsidiary has won a $220.8 million other transaction agreement to build a prototype of high-energy laser technology for the U.S. Army’s ground-based Indirect Fire Protection Capability weapon system. Aculight will provide development, integration, manufacturing, testing and delivery services to the IFPC-HEL progr...
Oshkosh‘s (NYSE: OSK) defense subsidiary will manufacture 116 more Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter System trailers for the U.S. Army under a $57 million order. The additional EHETS order is part of a competitively awarded contract in September 2022, worth potentially $263.2 million over five years, the company said Tuesday. Dutch trailer ...
To maintain preparedness for current and future conflicts, the U.S. Army has embraced the “Army of 2030,” a momentous modernization effort designed to shift the service branch’s priorities to fit the characteristics of today’s international competition and deploy the technologies necessary to succeed in the evolving battlefield. The pla...
A business unit of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) will supply drones for the U.S. Army’s aerial target activity under a firm-fixed-price contract worth $95 million over five years. The service is procuring subscale unmanned aerial target systems from Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems and will determine funds upon issuance ...
Joseph DiNoto, former vice president for national security programs at Ignite, has been elevated to the position of senior VP and chief strategy officer. DiNoto will support corporate strategy development and coordinate Ignite’s business relations with defense, civilian and intelligence community customers, the professional services company sa...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business will continue manufacturing M10 Booker combat vehicles for the U.S. Army under a $257.6 million contract modification. The service branch ordered 26 additional units of the vehicle formerly called Mobile Protected Firepower for its second low-rate initial production phase, the company said Thursday. General Dyn...
A Walsh Group business has secured a $376.9 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to build a weapon storage and maintenance facility over a four-year period. The Department of Defense said Friday Archer Western Federal Joint Venture will perform construction efforts in Great Falls, Montana, through June 18, 2027. The contactor was sel...
