The Army is attempting to get Bradley contractor BAE Systems to reconsider the planned 30-day furlough of more than 200 workers at its York, PA, plant, claiming the company has the resources necessary to stave off the temporary layoff, according to officials and documents.905 words

Army Special Operations Command officials are eying a designation as a major Army command, a move that would put the organization on par within the service bureaucracy with Training and Doctrine Command, Forces Command and Army Materiel Command, according to a service document.580 words

The Army is eying plans to reprogram nearly half of its budget for the on-the-move network backbone system known as Warfighter Information Network Tactical Increment 2, a move that might signal a larger shift in the service's equipping strategy, according to officials.779 words

The Army this month will use the 4th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade, which recently returned to Ft. Carson, CO, after a stint in Afghanistan, to kick-start a pilot program designed to show how a brigade combat team handles revised reset procedures to be ushered in as part of an overhaul of the Army's force-generation model, according to officials and documents.759 words

Army plans for the possible reversal of end-strength cuts and associated austerity measures were given a new name in Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's April 11 defense planning guidance, according to officials. "Investment in regeneration" is the new handle, one official said -- a term "more appropriate" for what the Army is trying to achieve. Previously, Army leaders used terms like "reversibility" and "expansibility." Officials are expected to compile initial insights about the service's required investments in regeneration this summer.80 words

Industry officials are working to revive the Army's Medium Expanded Capacity Vehicle, hoping the fledgling effort can gain support on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon, according to officials and sources. 546 words

General Dynamics Land Systems and AM General officials delivered their team's Army-Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicle bid to the government earlier this spring in an off-the-shelf Eagle IV -- the non-developmental vehicle which will be the basis for the companies' offering. 721 words

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Joint Staff officials will soon begin asking combatant commanders and service leaders for their annual evaluation of national security risks and mitigation strategies, a process that will follow new, high-level guidance aimed at better melding a composite picture of risks the military can affect -- and those outside its sphere of influence, according to officials.550 words

The Army recently refined requirements to deliver an Integrated Base Defense capability to combat outposts and is moving forward simultaneously to bring protective technology to soldiers in the field, according to officials and documents.423 words

The Army recently awarded AVX Aircraft Company of Ft. Worth, TX, nearly $500,000 to study ways to improve fuel efficiency by 30 percent in vertical lift aircraft using its newly patented combination of a coaxial rotor and rear dual-ducted fans on an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, according to a company spokesman.557 words

While contractors like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon continue to actively develop and test small, precision-guided munitions in the hopes of snagging customers like the Army, the service has yet to make a decision on a way ahead.790 words

Lawmakers want a report from the Pentagon on its involvement with the industry-led Vertical Lift Consortium, as well as guidance on how best to rapidly conduct a flight demonstration of "innovative Vertical Lift X-planes" at an affordable cost, according to a pair of amendments adopted last week by the House Armed Services Committee in its treatment of the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill.521 words

The House Appropriations defense subcommittee last week zeroed out funds for the Medium Extended Air Defense System, dealing a significant blow to the program designed to replace the aging Patriot missile-defense system.252 words

The Army's plans to cut several heavy brigade combat teams, coupled with the Defense Department's new Asia-Pacific strategy, could weaken the service's case for a new Ground Combat Vehicle or at least lower the required quantity, according to the Congressional Research Service.474 words

The Army awarded a contract worth nearly $142 million to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for services in support of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system, according to a May 10 Defense Department announcement.395 words

NATO nations should not organize their withdrawals from Afghanistan in isolation, according to the organization's top transformation official.381 words

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) has given the thumbs up, at least in part, to several of Defense Department legislative proposals on force reshaping, acquisition authority and reimbursing coalition nations.803 words

Independent cost analysts in the Office of the Secretary of Defense last summer estimated the average unit production cost for the Ground Combat Vehicle would be $17 million -- 30 percent higher than the $13 million price tag the Pentagon's acquisition executive formally adopted in an August decision to modernization the Army's infantry fighting vehicle, according to a new DOD report.1050 words

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the military's top brass, including combatant commanders overseeing U.S. operations worldwide, are preparing to meet this week at the Pentagon to discuss major strategic and budgetary issues amid continuing uncertainty about the magnitude of cuts the department will face under the Budget Control Act.643 words