Land Forces Stories
GCV Solicitation Brings Industry Teaming
By Scott R. Gourley in Land Forces under Defense Technology, Featured with no comments
Industry teaming activities have begun to accelerate in the aftermath of the Feb. 26, 2010 U.S. Army release of its formal solicitation for the Technology Development phase of its Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) ...more »
Ground Combat Vehicle RFP Is Released
By Scott R. Gourley in Land Forces under Defense Technology, Featured with no comments
On Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) released the much-anticipated final request for proposal (RFP) for the technology development (TD) phase of the Ground Combat Vehicle ...more »
“AUSA Winter” Spotlights Future HMMWV Options
By Scott R. Gourley in Land Forces under Defense Technology, Featured with no comments
In anticipation of a major “recapitalization” of the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) fleet, many industry participants highlighted their related programs and capabilities during the recent Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) ...more »
Courage Under Fire: The Day Lt. Gen. Walton Walker Defied General of the Army Douglas MacArthur
By Dwight Jon Zimmerman in Land Forces under Featured, History with no comments
In the fall of 1950, the United Nations forces in Korea under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur seemed about to achieve one of the greatest turnaround victories in military history. In July ...more »
U.S. Army Affirms FMTV Contract Award
By Scott R. Gourley in Land Forces under Defense Technology, News with no comments
As projected in a recent Year in Defense Online news item (“FMTV Seeks Contract Traction“), mid-February 2010 has brought an end to slipping and sliding with the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) ...more »
U. S. Army Helicopter Aviation Confronts the Challenges of 2010
By Robert F. Dorr in Land Forces under Defense Technology, Featured with 3 comments
When President Barack Obama decided to increase U.S. troop strength by 30,000 in Afghanistan – a process to be completed by late autumn – the U.S. Army found itself re-evaluating its aviation plan ...more »
SHOT Show 2010: New Ballistics Options
By Scott R. Gourley in Land Forces under Defense Technology, Featured with no comments
While the 2010 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show, owned and sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, drew more than 58,000 attendees to the Sands Expo Center in downtown Las Vegas ...more »
SHOT Show Report: Pistols to Carbines
By Scott R. Gourley in Land Forces under Defense Technology, Featured with no comments
SHOT Show 2010 also featured the introduction of new “conversion kit” systems designed to convert pistols into accurate lightweight short-barreled carbines.
As an example, in addition to its MGRIP series, EMA Tactical used the ...more »
SHOT Show Report: Tactical Ergonomics
By Scott R. Gourley in Land Forces under Defense Technology, Featured with no comments
The 2010 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show, owned and sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, bills itself as “the world’s premier exposition of firearms, ammunition, outdoor and tactical apparel, optics, ...more »
Precision Strike for the Grunts
By J.R. Wilson in Land Forces under Defense Technology, Featured with no comments
The bulk of public attention to the increasingly important area of precision guided munitions (PGMs) has been focused on the U.S. Air Force and Navy. Videos of ship- or aircraft-fired missiles striking their ...more »
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Alenia Aeronautica
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L-3 Communications
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs over 66,000 people worldwide and is a prime contractor in aircraft modernization and maintenance, C3ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) systems and government ...more »
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SupplyCore Inc.
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