Combat Vehicles

Besides equipping a Europe-based Stryker unit with more powerful weapons, the Army also is moving forward with previously laid plans to outfit the entire vehicle fleet with greater combat punch, according to a key official.

A recommendation by the National Commission on the Future of the Army that the service permanently station an armored brigade combat team in Europe has earned the endorsement of the head of U.S. European Command.

The Marine Corps' top official says the service chose to cut its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle purchase by 77 trucks in fiscal year 2017 to protect high-priority programs like the Amphibious Combat Vehicle. 

The Pentagon's chief weapons tester is concerned about fusing the Army's tactical network with combat formations, citing issues with integrating the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program onto Strykers, tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.

CHARLESTON, SC -- The Marine Corps redefined the Defense Department's best value concept when entering the engineering and manufacturing development phase of its next-generation amphibious vehicle program, according to a service official.

The Army has given General Dynamics $31 million to integrate 30 mm cannons on a select number of Stryker vehicles, according to a Pentagon statement.

A sub-panel of the National Commission on the Future of the Army says Congress should place a forward-stationed armored brigade combat team in Europe while continuing to rotate an ABCT in Korea, citing the "future security environment."

Citing Russia's military moves in Ukraine and elsewhere in Eastern Europe, the Army plans to expand its network of vehicle-maintenance facilities in the region, the chief of Army forces in Europe said.

The Marine Corps has conducted two debriefs regarding the next-generation amphibious vehicle contract award and four out of the five competing vendors confirmed to Inside Defense they requested face-to-face meetings with the government.