If lawmakers could free up $250 million in the FY25 budget, the service could use that to purchase two additional CH-53K helicopters, or $341 million could be used for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle 30mm Cannon (ACV-30) line.
The 11-month lease of US Army Iron Domes to Israel could be extended “depending on factors on the ground," Army acquisition head Doug Bush said today.
The name change, which will take place Nov. 15, follows an agreement signed in January between the US and Japan under which Tokyo formally agreed to allow the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment to be stationed in Okinawa by 2025.
“If you think it's hard to buy a counter-UAS capability, go ask the contracting officer, ‘How do I buy three trees and have them planted?’” said Don Kelley, the Marine Corps Program Executive Officer Land Systems Ground-Based Air Defense program manager, referring to one particular unforeseen challenge to a program.
The Defense Innovation Unit announced this week that it had awarded GM Defense and Cummins with deals to produce a modular, vehicle-transportable system that will provide energy storage and management for tactical/mobile microgrids.
The Electric Military Concept Vehicle offers a peek at the company’s plans to bid on the Army’s Electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle prototyping competition that kicked off earlier this month.
“The bottom line is the entire joint force is required to help deliver effects to both deter and fight and win,” said US Indo-Pacific Command head Navy Admiral John Aquilino.
The Marine Corps has stopped and restarted waterborne ACV operations over the past two years due to various training incidents.
Marines have spent several years doing what the Army said it cannot do, integrating Iron Dome components into its larger air defense architecture. The USMC now has approval to continue developing its new cruise missile defense weapon.