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By Ann Roosevelt The Army's push for equipping troops with body armor is paying off in saved lives, but now there are more injuries to arms and legs, said the […]

By Sharon Weinberger A report by the Pentagon's Program Analysis and Evaluation Office says that the Army will need another $4 billion in funds to replenish its stocks of equipment […]

By Nathan Hodge A newly declassified Air Force "lessons learned" report on Operation Anaconda--the biggest ground battle of the Afghanistan war--has shed new light on the difficulties of planning and […]

While the Army works to reduce its logistics tail and streamline weaponsystems repairs, the service must identify how much depot-level maintenance is done outside its five depots, so it can […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army's Aviation Task Force this month will brief implementation plans to Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker for the study's closely-held recommendations to improve the aviation […]

The Army released a Logistics White Paper on Monday offering four focus areas to improve current capabilities while transforming logistics to meet future challenges. Called "Delivering Materiel Readiness to the […]

The Army last month released a market survey seeking information from potential suppliers of medium caliber cannons for the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. "The U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC (Tank-automotive and […]

The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile system achieved another success last Friday, successfully engaging and destroying a cruise missile target during a flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., […]

The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile engaged and destroyed a low altitude cruise missile target during a flight test Saturday at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., the Ballistic Missile Defense […]

The Army conducted another successful test of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Bril- liant Anti-armor (BAT) submunition. The test was conducted Monday at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. A service official […]

The Army's Sense and Destroy Armor (SADARM) howitzer munition continues to perform up to expectations in recent tests despite a problem with a fuze that ejects the submunition from its […]

The success of the Army in the 21st century will depend on its ability to respond to crises around the globe faster that ever before, says an internal report prepared […]

The Army's M1A2 Abrams tank is performing well in operational tests, says Col. Chris Cardine, the program manager. "We corrected some problems, and the tanks have now gotten a clean […]

The Army's first "smart" artillery munition scored three direct hits during its first phase of engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) test firings last month, the project manager said Friday. The […]

The Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system flew slightly off course in its second flight on Monday, forcing range officials to prematurely terminate the test, an Army spokesman said […]

Greater situational awareness provided by the AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopter system reduces the chances of fratricide, the results of recent trials show. Evaluators also are recommending the Longbow fire […]

* A McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache helicopter using a composite blade developed by Boeing crashed yesterday, injuring both pilots. The composite blade was part of an effort funded by Boeing […]

The Army said Friday it expects the restructured plan for its RAH-66 light attack/scout Comanche helicopter program to be approved on March 11. "The restructured program for the Comanche has […]

The Army's restructured Air Defense Anti-Tank System (ADATS) is currently scoring well above the minimum performance standards set by the service in the first of a series of tests aimed […]

ARMY LAUDS STINGER EFFECTIVENESS IN AFGHAN WAR. The supply of U.S.-made Stinger heat-seeking anti-aircraft missiles in September 1986 to Afghan rebel forces, who used the missiles against Soviet and Afghan […]

The Army is experiencing serious helicopter accidents at a rate more than double that of the service's three year average, according to the latest safety figures. At the close of […]

A Boeing [BA] AH-64A Apache attack helicopter crashed yesterday morning approximately 50 miles west of Ft. Hood, Texas, killing both crew members. The aircraft was assigned to the 1st Battalion […]

An Army HERA target missile crashed Monday during a flight test at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., after its second stage rocket motor failed to ignite, according to service […]

The first "dispense test" of 13 Brilliant Anti-armor (BAT) munitions from a Block II Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missile last week was a success, the service said Friday. "The […]

The Army said it recently completed a program to upgrade the gun mounts on its M1A1 Abrams tanks. The Abrams Armament Enhancement Initiative (AEI) will allow M1 tanks to fire […]

The first live fire tests of the Army's next generation antitank munition were less than a complete success, according to a service official. Col. Raymond Pawlicki, project manager for Tank […]

Preliminary data from the Pentagon's Deep Attack Weapons Mix Study (DAWMS) shows that the Brilliant Anti-armor (BAT) submunition, one of the Army's most expensive research and development programs, is "a […]

The Army conducted two successful flight tests of the Brilliant Anti-Armor (BAT) submunition on an Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), N.M., according to a service statement. Both BATs were flown […]

Chalk One Up For BAT. The Army's Brilliant anti-armor submunition (BAT) last week scored a direct hit against a T-72 tank during a contractor test at White Sands Missile Range, […]

The Army's new short-range, mobile air-defense systems last week each shot down a cruise missile, for the first time, during the Roving Sands '96 live fire exercise at Fort Bliss, […]

The Army's new anti-tank missile, which was plagued for two months with technical problems, may in fact be fielded on time after passing six separate live fire missile tests, Army […]

Seven Javelin missiles fired successfully last week during seven flight tests, Army officials said Friday. The tests, held at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., proved that the service has found and fixed […]

The Army has halted testing of the Javelin anti-tank weapon system because of problems experienced last week during live missile firing tests. Col. Michael Roddy, Javelin's program manager, suspended further […]

The Army's upgraded surface-to-surface missile passed its third flight test last week, the Army said yesterday. The Block I Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) was successfully fired at the White […]

The Army successfully tested on Feb. 2 for the third time a new target system that will be used in future tests of the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) […]

The Army has blamed a software error for causing a Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile to miss its target in a recent flight test. "Preliminary analysis indicates a […]

Army's Airborne Surveillance Testbed collected data on the launch of a Lance target vehicle Sept. 14 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. AST is a modified Boeing 767 that carries [...]

The Army has blamed a short in an electrical cable for causing the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to fly too fast in a recent flight test, a […]

The Army has told John Goodman, deputy assistant secretary for industrial affairs, that marinizing its RAH-66 Comanche scout/attack helicopter would cost at least $500,000 per helicopter, not including training or […]

The first flight of the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, seven months behind schedule, went without a hitch Friday, Army officials said. The missile flew for "little longer […]

Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle flies 40 hours, 17 minutes, at Ft. Huachuca during the weekend, shatters previous Ft. Huachuca UAV endurance record of just over 25 hours set in 1989 […]

...A $120 million cut to the RAH-66 Comanche program would result in immediate layoffs of over 1,000 industry personnel; "an inefficient build of the first prototype with a resulting increase […]

The Army's Armored Gun System (AGS) was successfully dropped for the first time from a C-130 airlifter recently at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. For the test, the AGS' ballistic structural […]

The Army is expected to make its view known on adjusting the weight requirement for its RAH-66 Comanche helicopter, Army sources say. The next milestone for the Boeing-Sikorsky helicopter comes […]

PROJECTED A= ROTARY-WING ASSETS FALL SHORT OF NEEDS PLAN SAYS The Army's requirement for helicopters out to the year 2010 exceeds the amount of rotary-wing aircraft that it will have […]

ARMY SAW PATRIOT SOFTWARE PROBLEM BEFORE 28 DIED IN SCUD ATTACK The Army detected a computer software problem with the Patriot anti-missile system five days before a system failure allowed […]

"Future operational requirements will demand new (electronic) devices that are far beyond present technological capabilities," the Army said in its Technology Base Master Plan. Approaches such as compound semiconductor technology, […]

ARMY STUDY EMPHASIZES BLOCK 3 TANK/AGS/FSV. Three major armored systems, the Block 3 tank, the Armored Gun System (AGS) and the Future Scout Vehicles (FSV), are essential for the future […]

HERITAGE QUESTIONS ARMY'S ABILITY FOR CAS. While some defense analysts and some in Congress are calling for the close and tactical air support missions to be transferred from the Air [...]

MORE THAN A DOZEN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES FIELD 1000 TANKS. Pointing to a potential threat to U.S. security from instability in the third world, the Army point outs that "a […]