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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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
National Defense December 2011 |
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers respond to articles about army modernization and reworking the defense budget.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |