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Popular Mechanics
January 23, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Turns to Engineers for Troop Transport Fix in Iraq: Analysis (With 6 Next-Gen Chopper Designs!) The Army and Air Force will seek Pentagon approval for the development of new aircraft that can carry big loads and land on poorly built, short runways -- or no runways at all.   |
Defense Update
Issue 2, 2007 |
Arming the Attack Helicopter for Asymmetric Warfare Adequately protected and armed, attack helicopters can rapidly deploy as called for by the situation -- even low intensive combat missions.. |
National Defense
February 2014
Valerie Insinna |
New System to Test Firing Air-to-Surface Missiles from Ground Moog Inc. is scheduled to test whether its new system will allow users to launch Hellfire missiles from combat vehicles and boats in addition to being fired by helicopters and airplanes. That capability has been on the Army's wish list. |
National Defense
November 2011
Beidel et al. |
10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications. |
Popular Mechanics
February 5, 2010
Joe Pappalardo |
Are Iran's New Anti-Helicopter Missiles A Real Threat to Apaches? An Iranian colonel this week spoke publicly about a "special weapon" that was tailor-made to destroy U.S. Apache attack helicopters. |
National Defense
October 2011
Grace V. Jean |
Humvee Recap Competition Heating Up If all goes well for Granite Tactical Vehicles in the next few months, this bucolic town, once better known as the inspiration for the fictional TV town of Mayberry, could become one of the Defense Department's newest suppliers of tactical trucks. |
National Defense
March 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Army, Marine Corps Face Pitfalls When it Comes to Modernizing Equipment As budgets tighten and the military reduces ground forces, the Marine Corps' failed attempt to field the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle may serve as a case study for those hoping to modernize military equipment. |
National Defense
May 2012
Eric Beidel |
Special Ops Trucks: More Punch in Smaller Packages When enemies began blowing up bombs hidden along convoy routes in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military responded by beefing up trucks with unprecedented amounts of armor. |
National Defense
April 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Taking Off Upgrades and a surge of new U.S. military orders should make the next 10 years a busy decade for rotorcraft manufacturers, according to a recent study by Forecast International Inc. |
National Defense
October 2006
Grace Jean |
Combat Vehicle Designs Seek Increased Utility in Multiple Roles The prevalence of such vehicles at one of the largest ground warfare expositions reveals a trend in how armies are choosing to insert their troops into hot spots. |
National Defense
February 2013
Sandra I. Erwin |
Proliferation of Cruise Missiles Sparks Concern About U.S. Air Defenses The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan saw the rise of improvised explosive devices as the ultimate asymmetric weapon. Future conflicts, strategists warn, could expose U.S. forces on land and at sea to a deadly weapon that is extremely hard to detect: cruise missiles. |
National Defense
March 2011
Grace V. Jean |
Ground Combat Vehicle Program May Not Yield What Army Intends, Analysts Say As the Army pursues its latest effort to develop a new ground combat vehicle, analysts say that the high-stakes program may already be headed for technological disappointment. |
National Defense
July 2015
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Pushes Truck Technology Forward The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is one of the most hotly competed contracts currently up for grabs in the U.S. defense market. |
National Defense
May 2004
Frank Colucci |
Smart Missles The Army is beginning to develop sophisticated "smart" missiles and launchers, intended to be deployed in advance of maneuver forces. |
National Defense
April 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Move over MRAP: New Light Tactical Vehicles are Coming Joint light tactical vehicles are being designed to maneuver through the narrow alleyways and small streets in Iraq. |
National Defense
December 2005
Harold Kennedy |
Pentagon Eyes Growing Short-Range Missile Threat Defense Department officials are warning that terrorists soon could strike U.S. cities with short-range missiles. |
National Defense
June 2013
Dan Parsons |
Spending on Army Aviation Rotorcraft to Start Downhill Slide After peaking in 2013, funding for Army aviation has begun a gradual descent that may last decades, according to analysts. |
National Defense
January 2015
Valerie Insinna |
Ultra Light Combat Vehicle Could Buck Trend of Slow Truck Procurement If everything goes to plan, the Army could field about 300 ultra light combat vehicles by the end of fiscal year 2016. |
National Defense
October 2012
Eric Beidel |
No Stranger to Scrutiny, New Truck Program Forges Ahead The Army and Marine Corps announced contract awards for the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the marquee truck program, which is supposed to give troops greater off-road mobility than a Humvee. |
National Defense
February 2013
Dan Parsons |
Smaller Trucks Seen as Lucrative Business in U.S. and Abroad Riding a wave of special operations successes and the expectation that funding will flow toward elite forces in the future, vehicle manufacturers are staking millions of dollars on bids to supply those shadowy warriors with new trucks. |
National Defense
February 2007
Harold Kennedy |
Army, Marines to Acquire 50,000 New Trucks to Replace Humvees A fistful of defense companies will be vying to win a contract to develop a replacement for the humvee -- the Army and Marine Corps' light, all-terrain truck. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2009
Courtney E. Howard |
Advanced Vetronics: Hit the Ground Running Industry heeds the warfighter's call for innovative, responsive, and reliable electronics in combat vehicles on the ground. |
National Defense
December 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Army, Marine Corps In Pursuit of Robotic Convoy Systems As part of its modernization plan, the Army is funding several ground robotics programs ranging from small, remotely controlled explosive ordnance disposal units to large autonomous tactical wheeled vehicles. |
National Defense
May 2011
Eric Beidel |
Manufacturers: Technology Will Make Rotorcraft Faster, Safer The Pentagon's investment in rotorcraft science and technology has decreased dramatically over the past 25 years, but companies have been tinkering around in their own shops trying to fill innovation gaps. |
National Defense
April 2010
Austin Wright |
U.S. Helicopter Suppliers Fear Losing Innovation War The military helicopter business is booming, but the industry mostly is making money fixing up and maintaining the Army's aging fleet. Hardly any Pentagon contracts these days pursue new aircraft designs. |
AskMen.com
Matt George |
5 Things You Didn't Know: G.I. Joe Here are five things you didn't know about America's movable (and mutable) fighting man, G.I. Joe. |
National Defense
January 2013
Dan Parsons |
Vendors Pour Funding Into Armored Vehicle Development Vehicle manufacturers are gearing up for several parallel armored vehicle programs and, without any guarantee of a contract, are pouring money into working prototypes so that when the time comes, they can offer an "off-the-shelf" design. |
