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Army News
February 2021
Army Must Get New Fighting Vehicle Right
The Army just before the holiday season released its request for proposals for the optionally manned fighting vehicle. The Army will have to get it right this time. -
Defense Department
September 2001
Europe’s Armies Upgrading Heavy Forces
By Roxana TironAs the U.S. Army continues to modernize its 20 year-old fleet of Abrams tanks, its European counterparts in Germany, France, England and Russia also are striving to upgrade their heavy combat vehicles to make them more lethal and survivable. -
September 2001
Army Overhauls Its 70-Ton Behemoth—the Abrams Tank
By Harold KennedyWhile the U.S. Army, at Fort Lewis, Wash., is busy creating new, more easily deployable brigades that will be equipped with light-armored vehicles (LAVs), it also is modernizing the much-maligned, two decade-old, 70-ton Abrams tank. -
April 2001
In Marine Truck Competition, Smaller and Speedier Is Better
By Sandra I. ErwinAfter several years of delays, the Marine Corps is proceeding with plans to purchase light tactical trucks that must be small enough to fit inside the V-22 tilt-rotor cargo area as well as inside heavy-lift helicopters. -
December 2000
Procurement Network Expands Vendors’ Access to Information
By Sandra I. ErwinIt has been nearly 18 months since the Army’s Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) abandoned paper in favor of all-electronic contracts. -
October 2000
Navy Considering Commercial Tanker Lease
By Sandra I. ErwinAn Irish entrepreneur is trying to convince the U.S. Navy that it should lease refurbished Boeing 707s as refueling tankers for naval jets.
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