Stryker armored vehicles

Now, Army Secretary Mark Esper said he's open to giving those guardsmen money for their work, but he wants to check with the National Guard first to before making any decisions. ... “The other thing that makes it more complicated is the logistics in supporting large armored and Stryker formations.

As the Army upgrades its vehicle fleet for a potential slugfest with Russia, it is also building in manned and unmanned options in all future vehicles and helicopters that are poised to hit the ... Gary Peters, D-Michigan, quizzed both Secretary of the Army Mark Esper and Milley on upgraded Stryker production.

Portman talked to the members of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Germany, which are operating the new Stryker Dragoon vehicle. Besides technology improvements, the top-mounted machine gun was replaced by a 30-millimeter cannon. In 2015, the U.S. Army requested the upgrades to the vehicle after ...

BAE Systems recently showed off its new 40mm Cased Telescoped Cannon at Fort Benning in Georgia. The US Army is looking to add more firepower to its Strykers, Bradleys, and other armored vehicles. The 40mm cannon fires six different kinds of rounds, able to take out a variety of armored vehicles and ...

With its increasing emphasis on being prepared for a high-end ground conflict against a conventional opponent, particularly a skirmish with Russia or its proxies in Europe, the United States Army is adding 30mm cannons to some of its Stryker wheeled armored vehicles and is considering putting that same ...

Golf season is picking up, and Fort Bragg's courses have some major events planned in the coming months, including a pair of two-day tournaments split between Stryker and Ryder golf courses. The Fort Bragg Golf Club Championship is May 5-6, and the Iron Mike Four-Ball Championship is June 9-10.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army successfully demonstrated a laser weapon integrated onto a Stryker combat vehicle in Europe over the weekend, but the ... permission from host nations and figuring out how to operate in an electromagnetic spectrum used not just for military applications but for ordinary, ...

WASHINGTON: After 20 years of cancelled programs, the Army now wants prototypes of all-new robotic and “optionally manned” combat vehicles by .... better-than-Bradley protection with a Stryker-sized passenger compartment drove the cancelled Ground Combat Vehicle north of 60 tons, so the Army is ...

The request includes more than $32 billion to increase “survivability and lethality” in major weapons platforms, including Abrams tanks, Bradley and Stryker fighting vehicles and artillery pieces, Esper said. The request also seeks to send 16 active-duty and four National Guard brigade combat teams to the ...

The Army's Stryker-mounted laser, built to zap enemy drones out of the sky, just took a major step towards combat. Artillery soldiers with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment are currently getting intensive training on how to laser-blast drones out of the sky to field-test specially modified Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles ...

MEHEL is a laser testbed on a Stryker-armored fighting vehicle chassis and serves as a platform for research and development. MEHEL ... MEHEL 2.0 also has a number of U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center counter-unmanned aircraft system mobile integrated ...

The head of the National Guard Bureau says he believes the increased training days with the Army National Guard 4.0 initiative are sustainable but predicts some soldiers might need to make ... These high-priority units include heavy armored brigade combat teams and Stryker brigade combat teams.

Barry Pike, program executive officer for missiles and space at the U.S. Army, has said the service considers using the Stryker combat vehicle as the basis for its provisional Manuever-Short-Range Air Defense system in response to a SHORAD capability gap identified in Europe in 2016, Defense News ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will likely use Stryker combat vehicles paired with sensors and shooters for its interim Manuever-Short-Range Air ... The service did not have the appropriate capability to go up against small drones observed on the Ukrainian border by the Russian military, nor would it ...

General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) land systems business has secured a $148.9 million contract modification to supply parts for the U.S. Army's Stryker ground combat vehicles. The Defense Department said Friday that GDLS will perform work under the modified contract through Feb. 28, 2019. Stryker ...