U.S. Army

Americas C4ISR 

Comtech Awarded $9.1 Million Funding to Provide VSAT Terminals to U.S. Army

July 13, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Comtech Telecommunications, U.S. Army, USA, Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) SATCOM

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.’s Mission-Critical Technologies group was awarded $9.1 million of additional funding to provide Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs)

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Americas Misc 

Female Solider Graduates U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Berets” Qualification Course

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Special Operations Forces (SOF), U.S. Army, U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets), US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), USA

The U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) confirmed that a first female Soldier graduated the Special Forces “Green Berets” Qualification

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Americas Air 

AeroVironment Receives $21M Initial Contract Option from U.S. Army for Raven Radio Frequency Modifications

July 10, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments AeroVironment, AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven, Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS), U.S. Army, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA

AeroVironment, Inc. announced that the U.S. Army exercised the first of three options under the sole source Flight Control Systems

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Americas Weapons 

Northrop Grumman to Develop Next-Gen Airburst Cartridge for 30mm XM813 Bushmaster Chain Gun

July 9, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Airburst ammunition, Medium-Caliber Ammunition, Mk44 Bushmaster II, Northrop Grumman, U.S. Army, USA, XM813 Bushmaster

Northrop Grumman received a contract award from the U.S. Army’s Project Manager for Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PM-MAS) to develop the

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Land Americas 

JCB North America Gears Up After Securing New Military Deal

July 7, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Backhoe loader, JCB, JCB HMEE (High Mobility Engineer Excavator), U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

JCB North America has been awarded a contract to supply the U.S. military with a fleet of specialised high speed

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Misc Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Soldier Killed in Afghanistan in Vehicle Rollover Accident

July 5, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, U.S. Army, USA

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), on July 4, announced the death of a soldier in Afghanistan as the result

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Misc Americas 

Leonardo DRS Receives Contract Award for Production of Installation Kits for Mounted Family of Computer Systems

July 3, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Leonardo DRS, MFoCS II, Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS), U.S. Army, USA

Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it has received a competitively awarded contract worth up to $206 million to deliver

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Industry Americas 

U.S. Secretary of the Army visits Dynetics Hypersonic integration facility

July 3, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB), Dynetics, Leidos, U.S. Army, USA

Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, hosted the U.S. Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy, at the MidCity

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Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Forces Korea UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter Makes Precautionary Landing

July 2, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Helicopter, Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, South Korea, U.S. Army, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), US Army Garrison Yongsan

A U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter made a precautionary landing shortly after take-off from U.S. Army Garrison –

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Misc Americas 

DRS Advanced ISR Awarded $250M Contract to Replace U.S. Army’s Aging Joint Tactical Terminals

July 1, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments DRS Advanced ISR LLC, Joint Tactical Terminal (JTT), Leonardo DRS, U.S. Army, USA

DRS Advanced ISR LLC, a division of Leonardo DRS, was awarded a $250 million contract by the U.S. Army to

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