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Yearly Archives: 2011

Deadline Passes for Army Humvee Recapitalization RFI Responses

May 30, 2011 • In the News • Original: Inside Defense

Last week was the deadline for industry to respond to the Army’s request for information regarding humvee recapitalization proposals/…/ Dakota Wood, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and…

Army Targets Battle Damage and Orders More Armor-Kitted M-ATVs

May 30, 2011 • In the News • Original: Inside the Army

The Army recently ordered 177 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles with additional underbody armor kits from Oshkosh Defense to address the number of vehicles that have been damaged in…

Satellite Firms See Opportunity in Pentagon

May 29, 2011 • In the News • Original: Washington Post

Commercial satellite and space firms are hoping the Pentagon’s increasingly tight budgets will translate into more business as military officials seek faster and cheaper options. Traditional military satellite programs have…

Foot Patrols Boost IED Detection

May 24, 2011 • In the News • Original: USA Today

Troops on foot patrol in Afghanistan are finding an increasing number of makeshift bombs before they explode, helping to defuse the effectiveness of the Taliban’s No. 1 weapon, military data…

U.S. Drones vs China

May 23, 2011 • In the News • Original: The Diplomat

After a decade of steady expansion, the Chinese military has made significant strides toward limiting the United States’ ability to deploy its own armed forces in the western Pacific. A…