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National Defense
January 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
A Year at War: One Million Pieces of Damaged Equipment Repairs of worn-out and war-damaged Army equipment are certain to remain a $13 billion to $15 billion-a-year business - if not higher - for the foreseeable future. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Army's Industrial Depots Prepare for Surge The Army's maintenance depots may have to rapidly ramp up their capacity so they can fix up to 40,000 trucks and combat vehicles that could be returning from Iraq in the next several years. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Seeking $34 Billion For New, Upgraded Truck Senior Army officials have okayed a $34 billion plan to refurbish the service's truck fleet. Between now and 2018, the Army would acquire 70,000 new vehicles and upgrade more than 200,000 from the existing inventory. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Guard Equipment Bill Surpasses $100 Billion A commitment by the Army to pour $21 billion into the National Guard's procurement accounts is reassuring, but still not enough to fill equipment shortages. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Predicts Long Life for Humvees Humvees will vastly outnumber MRAPs for the foreseeable future, at least if the Army has any say in it. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Struggles to Maintain Ground Vehicle Fleet Facing a $12 billion tab to repair and replace vehicles and equipment damaged in combat operations, the Army expects to both reassess funding priorities and take a hard look at its logistics and maintenance practices. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Brigades Will Deploy With Hundreds More Trucks The Army is expanding its logistics and transportation operations as part of a broader reorganization intended to field combat brigades that can operate independently, without the support of higher echelons. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
The Next Humvee: Army, Marines Weigh Options The Army and Marine Corps may decide as early as May 2007 to begin searching for a new vehicle that would replace the ubiquitous Humvee. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
$2B Database to Keep Tabs on Army Stocks Seeking to manage a rapidly growing inventory of war equipment, the Army is spending nearly $2 billion on a new database that will track 3.4 billion items. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Investment Decisions Haunting Army Today The oversimplified explanation of why the U.S. Army did not have enough bulletproof vests and armored trucks for troops in Iraq is that suppliers could not keep up with the demand. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2011
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Truck Program a Test Case for Cutting Costs, And Profits A relatively small Army procurement -- the $3 billion family of medium tactical trucks -- is being watched closely by industry executives and investors as a harbinger of what might be in store for manufacturers of military equipment. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Allots Additional Funds To Fix, Modernize Truck Fleet With a boost of at least $2 billion in the Army's budget for tactical trucks, officials are grappling with how best to strike the right balance between immediate and future needs. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Army to Build New Truck-Test Facility Enhancements to the Army test ranges aim to more realistically replicate the threats that combat forces face in the battlefield. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Not Sold On Commercial Trucks The Army's Detroit-based research branch for years has tried to convince service leaders that they should purchase rugged commercial pickup trucks to supplement the aging fleet of Humvees. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005
Gene G. Marcial
Oshkosh Truck Barrels Along Shares of Oshkosh Truck, a maker of military and commercial vehicles, have ramped up fast. And some pros believe they have a ways to run. Defense and homeland security contracts are helping to fuel profits. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Wrangling Over Future Combat Systems Raises Larger Questions A contentious bout of budget drills on Capitol Hill this year featured the Army's top brass mounting a passionate defense of its prized Future Combat Systems. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Army `Truck Rodeo' Could Expedite Vehicle Upgrades The U.S. Army will be hosting a truck-technology exhibition this month intended to help service officials expedite purchasing decisions. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Not Always Amenable to the Ways of Corporate America Many of the Army's top leaders are fretting about the way the service manages its resources. They confront an alarming financial situation that is caused by escalating war expenses, wasteful buying practices and costly plans to drastically expand the size of the force. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Army's Next Combat Vehicle: New Beginning or FCS Sequel? The Army is racing toward a September deadline to present a convincing case to the secretary of defense that it should receive funds to begin designing a new combat vehicle next year. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Wants Trucks That `Survive' Combat Repeated attacks on truck convoys in Iraq have prompted the Army to revisit its requirements for future logistics vehicles. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Next-Generation Humvee Faces Delays, Budget Crunch The Army and Marine Corps are expected to delay an industry competition to design and build a new family of light trucks to replace aging humvees. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2014
Valerie Insinna
Sequestration Could Hamper Joint Light Tactical Vehicle The Army and Marine Corps joint light tactical vehicle program is on schedule, but if sequestration returns in 2016, it will likely decrease the services' purchasing power. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
'Holodeck' Troop Training on Army's Wish List The Army owns thousands of training simulators but would like to move to the next generation of technology -- a Star Trek holodeck-like system that combines live and computer-generated scenarios into a single picture. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Army's Vice Chief: 'We Have to Speed Up How We Procure Things' The Army's antiquated ways of buying new equipment are depriving soldiers of the latest technology and making it more difficult for them to do their jobs, says Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2014
Dan Parsons
Army Switches From Vehicle Procurement to Sustainment Mode Military commanders and the companies that built thousands of vehicles in support of two wars are preparing for reduced budgets and requirements after more than a decade of combat. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Grappling With Antiquated Buying Rules Army leaders continue to squabble over how best to satisfy soldiers' immediate equipment needs and simultaneously develop futuristic weapons systems for the decades ahead. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2003
Sandra I. Erwin
Budget Logjams Slow Equipment Deliveries to Iraq Despite a supplemental appropriation approved by Congress last month for operations in Iraq, the Army is having a tough time meeting escalating demands for spare parts, vehicle components and repairs. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2011
Harvey M. Sapolsky
Army Acquisition: Not Broken and Not Fixed The U.S. Army is prone to considerable introspection, and when it comes to reflecting upon its acquisition experience, which it does frequently, it is almost never happy. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2005
Lawrence P. Farrell
Army Meets Tough Procurement Challenge Head-On Shortages of armored vehicles, particularly, commanded considerable attention because they highlighted the challenges of predicting equipment requirements and ensuring the readiness of the industrial base. The response to the steep increase in demand for armored vehicles in fact has been a remarkable success story. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2004
Sandra Erwin
Army Not Yet Sold On Hybrid Vehicles The Army's decision to stop funding the production of hybrid-electric Humvees is a clear sign that military vehicles will continue to be a tough sell in the world of fuel-efficient technologies. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2011
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Truck Buyers Face 'Fix or Purchase' Dilemma The Army's aging fleet of 160,000 Humvees needs to be modernized, officials say. The plan is twofold: Refurbish a portion of the Humvee fleet and replace the rest with brand-new trucks. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Debating Options for Bradley Vehicle Upgrades In the face of mounting requests for heavy armor to support troops in Iraq, the Army is expected momentarily to make a decision on whether to fund an upgrade program for the Bradley armored infantry fighting vehicle. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2008
Sandra I. Erwin
In the Army, Why Can't Soldiers Be Customers? Nowhere do companies find it more difficult to concentrate on true customer needs than in the Army procurement system. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Ponders Formation Of Expert Logistics Units As the U.S. Army reorganizes from a division- to a brigade-based combat force, it also intends to change the way it delivers supplies and logistics support to the front lines. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Will Need to Recruit A Few Good Geeks The Army has no in-house logistics support for all their commercial high-tech equipment, and must now figure out how to maintain them. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2005
Washington Pulse The cost of equipping soldiers has escalated dramatically since the beginning of the war in Iraq... Pentagon unhappy about leaked memo... Turf feud between the Air Force and the Army on how best to destroy targets on the ground continues... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2015
Valerie Insinna
Ultra Light Combat Vehicle Could Buck Trend of Slow Truck Procurement If everything goes to plan, the Army could field about 300 ultra light combat vehicles by the end of fiscal year 2016. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2012
Readers Sound Off On Recent Stories Readers respond to prior articles concerning army acquisition policies and government planning strategies directed at the defense industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2011
Rich Smith
Rethink Your Position on Defense Stocks America's involvement in the Afghan war isn't ending anytime soon. Nor are these companies' revenues, or profits, from the war. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Army's Armored Force: Mix of Old and New Amid uncertainty about the prospect of its ambitious "future combat systems" program, the Army is forging ahead with plans to deploy up to 35 new armored brigades. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2011
Sandra I. Erwin
Army's Promise to War-Bound Soldiers: A Wireless Mobile Network If the Army's new tech-buying strategy goes according to plan, soldiers soon may be ditching paper maps, staticky radios and bulky satellite receivers. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2012
Eric Beidel
Military Provides Little Clarity For Future of Truck Fleets As wars end and budgets tighten, the Pentagon has begun trying to make sense of the spending spree that was the past decade. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2004
Kennedy & Tiron
Securitybeat U.S. Beefs Up Security On Railway Systems... Budget Amendment Good News for DHS... Air Force Adopts Biometrics Security Systems... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2011
Grace V. Jean
Army's Ground Combat Vehicle Stirs Confusion In Industry The Army plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next several years on the design of a new "infantry fighting vehicle." With new big-ticket military programs becoming increasingly scarce, this would normally qualify as great news for contractors. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Spending Muscle Fueled By Emergency Funding A combination of bigger procurement accounts in this year's budget and war-emergency appropriations puts the Army on course to receive some of the largest levels of funding it has seen in decades. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2008
Alan L. Gropman
Combat Vehicle Sector Could be Headed for Turbulent Times The defense industry has thrived despite erratic government funding and regulatory vagaries. But it must now prepare for a possible downturn during the next several years. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2007
DHS Selects Govplace IT Offerings for FirstSource Program Govplace will provide IT solutions for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s new FirstSource program. The program is designed to consolidate information technology (IT) procurement across the department's agencies. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2006
Courtney E. Howard
The America's Army development team introduces new version, new partner AA:SF marks the 22nd update to the America's Army computer game and the third release focused on the Special Forces' role in the Global War on Terrorism. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2011
Stew Magnuson
DHS Considers Reviving Dormant Joint Requirements Council Nothing is more maddening to budget hawks and government watchdogs than two different agencies setting out to purchase the same technology in separate acquisition programs. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Army's Next Combat Vehicle: Cheaper and Simpler The Army lost a bruising battle to save its Future Combat Systems. Now the service is hoping that it can pick up the pieces and move on, although it's not yet clear how. mark for My Articles similar articles