General Dynamics details OMFV proposal
General Dynamics has submitted an entry to the US Army’s second attempt at the optionally-manned fighting vehicle OMFV competition. The company’s OMFV programme director Ray Kiernan spoke about the company’s...
Analysis
Oshkosh and BAE vie to build US Army’s next cold-weather vehicle
Oshkosh Defense and BAE Systems have been down-selected to provide prototypes for the US Army’s...
Biden administration requests $715bn Pentagon budget
US President Joe Biden has unveiled a budget request proposing a marginal increase in defence spending that would see the...
Current challenges: How AI-enabled power distribution could prevent losses
An AI-enabled technology developed to address inefficiencies in power distribution is undergoing testing through a public-private collaboration with the Ministry...
Northrop Grumman: Strong network business ‘extremely important’
In an interview with Army Technology as the company established its new Networked Information Solutions division, Northrop Grumman’s Communications Solutions...
Twitter round-up: Joe Scarborough’s tweet on US Joint Chiefs of Staff going into quarantine most popular tweet in Q4 2020
These top tweets were chosen from influencers as tracked by GlobalData’s Influencer Platform, which is based on a scientific process that works on pre-defined parameters. Influencers are selected after a…
Talking business: General Motors Defense’s military vehicle strategy
Last October General Motors (GM) Defense delivered the first Infantry Squad Vehicles (ISVs) to the US Army, only 120 days after the award of a $214.3m contract award for 649…
SMEs set to benefit from UK Defence and Security Industrial Strategy
Under the plans set out by DSIS, the MOD is set to publish a new SME Action Plan aimed at increasing opportunities for SMEs to do business with the department.…
Defence Command Paper cuts: IFVs, tanks and army personnel numbers
The review confirms a reduction in the size of the British Army from a Full-time Trade Trained strength of 76,000 down to 72,500 by 2025. The army will also be…
British Army poised for Integrated Review organisational overhaul
The deleted page, first reported by UK Defence Journal, also include information about a new first of its kind Army Industrial Strategy and a to-be-released ‘Future Land Combat System’ document…
Integrated Review puts a spotlight on Armed Forces R&D
In the document, the government rehashes a prior commitment to spend at least £6.6bn of previously-announced new money for defence over the next four years on research and development that…
