MLF - Military Logistics
AUSA 2017: Ammo plant accident fuels innovation
Delivering more than 1.6 billion small and medium caliber bullets in 2016 – 5.56mm, 7.62mm, .50 caliber and some 20mm – the Lake City Army ...
MLF - Military Logistics
AUSA 2017: Ukraine highlights logistics shortfall
Representatives from Ukraine’s defence industry have credited logistics problems for many of their 2014 losses against the Russian Federation. Speaking at AUSA, the representatives identified ...
SOF - Special Operations
AUSA 2017: SOCOM gets new vehicle camouflage
US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has started to receive deliveries of a new camouflage system for its lightweight ground vehicles. The new system is being ...
MLF - Military Logistics
Marines test lightweight bridge design
HDT Global utilised the recent Modern Day Marine exposition at Quantico to put the spotlight the company’s new Lightweight Expeditionary Bridge. The company has a ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
MDM 2017: BAE Systems highlights ACV C2 possibilities
2nd October 2017
BAE Systems used the Modern Day Marine venue at Quantico, Virginia to highlight ‘the state of the possible’ for a command and control variant of ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
MDM 2017: 3D printing, UAV threats underestimated
21st September 2017
The potential threat to future military operations represented by 3D printing and small commercial UAVs has been underappreciated and underestimated.That was the opinion of one ...
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DN - Defence Notes
MDM 2017: Commandant highlights new fighting concept
21st September 2017
The Commandant of the US Marine Corps, Gen Robert Neller, used the venue of Modern Day Marine 2017 to highlight the service’s new Littoral Operations ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
MDM 2017: AeroVironment highlights UAS camera upgrade
21st September 2017
In addition to spotlighting expanded datalink compatibility for Raven and Puma AE with the new M1/M2/M5 radios and frequency spectrum, AeroVironment used MDM 2017 to ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
MDM 2017: Industry opportunities in USMC logistics portfolio
20th September 2017
In an overview of the new Logistics Combat Element Systems portfolio on the opening day of Modern Day Marine, service leaders identified a range of ...
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DN - Defence Notes
MDM 2017: New organisational construct for MCSC
20th September 2017
Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) representatives unveiled a new organisational construct during this week’s Modern Day Marine Exhibition at Quantico Marine Base, Virginia. ‘The task ...
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SOF - Special Operations
SOCOM explores M230 cannon enhancements
14th September 2017
US Special Operations Command is exploring operational enhancements to its M230 30mm cannon systems, it has emerged. Under a $666,229 contract announced on 7 September, ...
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SOF - Special Operations
SOCOM identifies future SOF C4 needs
7th September 2017
The Science and Technology Directorate at United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has identified technology areas of interest associated with C4. USSOCOM Science and Technology ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Tobyhanna highlights missile test logistics support
26th August 2017
Representatives for Tobyhanna Army Depot have highlighted the support provided by the site to a recent missile intercept test conducted by the US Missile Defense ...
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SOF - Special Operations
MARSOC embraces WWII heritage
25th August 2017
The recent re-designation of the US Marine Special Operations School as the Marine Raider Training Center marked a return to a traditional designation that had ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Can I sell you a used Black Hawk?
4th August 2017
The US Army Contracting Command Redstone, on behalf of the Utility Helicopters Project Management Office, has announced the availability of 14 more UH-60A Black Hawk ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
US Army studies M249 replacement
3rd August 2017
In the aftermath of a classified industry day of briefings and discussions, the US Army is calling for industry white papers to detail potential replacements ...
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IMPS - Maritime Security
US Navy looks for guidance
2nd August 2017
The US Navy has released an RfI to support a planned FY18 live fire demonstration of technologies related to the Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS) ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
US Army explores cold weather ‘boot gap’
2nd August 2017
The US Army Contracting Command, on behalf of the army’s product manager for clothing and individual equipment, has announced its intent to award two firm ...
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SOF - Special Operations
SOCOM identifies experimentation opportunities
2nd August 2017
USSOCOM released a public notice on 25 July outlining its next planned round of Technical Experimentation (TE) activities. The semi-annual TE ‘events’ are one of ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
US Army looks to modernise PGK
1st August 2017
The US Army’s Office of the Product Manager Guided Precision Munitions and Mortar Systems is looking to modernise the M1156 Precision Guidance Kits (PGK) delivered to ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
US Army expands electronic warfare focus
25th July 2017
The US Army is preparing to conduct what it has dubbed an electronic warfare ‘excursion’ during the closing days of its ongoing Network Integration Evaluation ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
US Army looks to possible M113 upgrades
21st July 2017
A recent US Army announcement seems to indicate that the service is still struggling with the future of the M113 armoured personnel carrier and its ...
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SOF - Special Operations
NSW looks to Shark Marine's Navigator
19th July 2017
US Naval Special Warfare Command is planning the procurement of underwater navigation systems from Ontario-based Shark Marine Technologies to meet special operations requirements, a recent solicitation has ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Rotational units ‘new norm’ for US Army NIEs
14th July 2017
One significant aspect of the US Army’s Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 17.2, now underway on the desert ranges of Fort Bliss, Texas, and White Sands ...
