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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 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
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
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
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
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
April 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Shields of Steel The increase in attacks targeting U.S. troops in Iraq prompted the Army to equip trucks with protective armor. 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
April 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Truck Crews Get Crash Course in Survival To make up for the shortage of armor, the Army intends to protect truck convoys from roadside bombs, mines and small-arms attacks by deploying more firepower aboard vehicles, along with other defensive techniques. 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
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
April 2009
Stew Magnuson
Military Services Ponder Future of Their War-Worn Trucks Six years after the invasion of Iraq changed the way the military looked at tactical wheeled vehicles, the Army and Marine Corps are still trying to find the right balance between protection and performance. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2009
Grace V. Jean
Army's 2.5-Ton Trucks Undergo Overhaul Army trucks will be overhauled to "like-new" condition at Red River Army Depot in Texas for roughly half the cost of buying new models. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2012
Eric Beidel
Downturn in Military Truck Market Produces More Losers Than Winners The frustration and anxiety among suppliers in the tactical vehicle market is palpable. The armed services have begun to terminate, delay or cut back on anticipated truck programs. 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
National Defense
August 2008
Sandra I. Erwin
Future Combat Systems Accelerated, One More Time Watchers of the Army's largest ever high-tech weapons project, the Future Combat Systems, may have experienced a classic case of deja vu last month -- when the service announced its latest plan to rush FCS technologies to the front lines. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Technologies Rushed to War Face an Uncertain Future In the scramble to deliver equipment requested by commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army often bypassed its own procurement bureaucracy. 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
National Defense
May 2010
Stew Magnuson
Army Seeks to Quiet Skeptics As it Tries New Acquisition Strategy One year after Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled the Army's Future Combat Systems program, service leaders say they are moving forward with a new acquisition regime. 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
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
February 2011
Sandra I. Erwin
Uncertain Path Ahead For Military Truck Fleet The services have struggled over the past several years to predict the quantities and types of vehicles they will need. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2011
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers respond to articles about army modernization and reworking the defense budget. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Commanders Ponder How Best To Mend Battlefield Logistics A team of about 100 logistics experts dispatched to Iraq earlier this year pinpointed serious problems in the distribution of military supplies in the war zone, and is taking steps to solve them. 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
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
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
April 2008
Grace V. Jean
Industry-Military Collaborations Necessary to Reset Fatigued Force At the end of the war, trucks and tanks need to be revamped to prepare for the next war. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Will Broaden Access To Satellite Communications Before the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division heads back to Iraq, its units are expected to receive upgraded satellite communications and new vehicles outfitted with the command-and-control computers and radios. 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
December 2003
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Sets Up Liaison Office To Assist in Homeland Security The Army is setting up a "homeland security cell" to act as a liaison organization with the Department of Homeland Security. The plan is to give DHS easier access to Army programs and suppliers. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Washington Pulse Speaking to an industry conference, Bolton pressed the case for additional funds for the Army. Even if the Iraq war ended today, the Army would need several billion dollars in supplemental appropriations for at least two more years to repair equipment and reorganize the force, Bolton said 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
June 2012
Dan Parsons
Vehicles Strut Their Stuff in Desert Trials The evaluation of non-developmental vehicles is part of a larger analysis of alternatives mandated by the Defense Department to ferret out available commercial technologies that might fit the bill for variants of the Ground Combat Vehicle. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
In Search of Better Ways To Provide for Soldiers The Pentagon spends $80 billion a year on logistics, and yet fails to help soldiers solve seemingly easy problems. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2013
Stew Magnuson
The MRAP: Reuse, Recycle, Reduce The Army in November awarded BAE Systems a $37.6 million contract to provide the spare parts and kits needed to convert 250 Mine Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles into trucks for bomb disposal teams. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2006
Lawrence P. Farrell
Armor Innovation Needs to Stay on Fast Track Even if the administration begins what could be a limited drawdown of forces in Iraq, efforts to develop new armor capabilities -- and to ensure adequate funding and resources for armored vehicles and other force-protection equipment -- must continue. 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
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
February 2010
Erwin, Magnuson & Jean
Army, Marines Mull Over Options to Modernize Truck Fleets The Defense Department has been on a truck-buying spree for the past several years, and the demand will remain high for some time. But truck manufacturers don't expect the good times to last too much longer mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2015
Jon Harper
Army's Light Combat Vehicle Gaining Traction An Army effort to equip infantry troops with a light combat vehicle is now underway, and officials are aiming to issue a request for proposals in fiscal year 2017. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2012
Stew Magnuson
Army, Marine Corps Face Pitfalls When it Comes to Modernizing Equipment As budgets tighten and the military reduces ground forces, the Marine Corps' failed attempt to field the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle may serve as a case study for those hoping to modernize military equipment. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Gen. Griffin: Army Procurement In Need Of Sweeping Changes The Army's procurement apparatus is undergoing a major reorganization designed to anticipate and satisfy equipment requirements. 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