US Army
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Feb- 2020 -10 FebruaryBusiness
US Army wants $111 million for new NGSW rifle platform to boost firepower, range
The US Army is requesting $112 million to replace the M4A1 Carbine, M16 and M249 SAW with Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) by 2021
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Jan- 2020 -7 JanuaryMiddle East
Iran designates US military ‘terrorists’ over Soleimani killing
Iran has designated the U.S. armed forces a terrorist group over the killing of top commander General Qassem Soleimani. Iran’s lawmakers on Tuesday, January 7 unanimously approved the bill to designate the U.S. Army and Department of Defense as terrorist organizations, Tasnim news reported. The bill designates U.S. forces, Pentagon employees, affiliated organizations, and those who ordered Soleimani’s death, AFP reported. Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force – the IRGC’s external operations arm – was killed last week in a U.S. drone strike outside Baghdad International Airport. Killed with him was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the head of the Kataib Hezbollah group and de facto commander of Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi militias. In April the Trump administration designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, the first such designation of a state’s armed forces. The U.S. designated the Quds Force a foreign terrorist organization a decade ago. Also on Tuesday, Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said 13 “revenge” scenarios had been drafted in response to the Soleimani’s killing. Soleimani was to be buried in his hometown of Kerman on Tuesday. The general’s killing has sparked a new crisis in the region, with Iran and its surrogate forces vowing revenge on …
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Dec- 2019 -20 DecemberBusiness
US awards Boeing $1.4 billion to support foreign AH-64 Apache helicopter fleets
The US Defense Department awarded Boeing a $1,461,384,102 contract to support foreign military sales of the Apache AH-64D/E
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11 DecemberTechnology
Lockheed Martin on target with successful 240-km Precision Strike Missile test
Lockheed Martin successfully tested its next-generation missile for the US Army's Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program
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Oct- 2019 -25 OctoberMiddle East
US to send ‘additional military assets’ to Syria’s oil region amid troop withdrawal
The US said it planned to increase up its presence in eastern Syria in order to protect oil fields from being retaken by ISIS
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Sep- 2019 -30 SeptemberAmericas
US General Mark Milley sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
US Army General Mark Milley was sworn in as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing General Joseph Dunford
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27 SeptemberBusiness
Raytheon and Rheinmetall joint venture to offer Lynx infantry fighting vehicle to US Army
Raytheon and Rheinmetall Defence announced a joint venture to offer the Lynx infantry fighting vehicle to the US Army
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20 SeptemberBusiness
Colt awarded $42 million contract to produce M4, M4A1 carbines for 13 countries
Colt was awarded a $42 million foreign military sales contract to produce M4 and M4A1 carbines for 13 countries after announcing it would halt production of consumer AR-15 rifles
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Jul- 2019 -16 JulyBusiness
Lockheed Martin awarded $492 million HIMARS contract for US, Poland and Romania
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $492 million contract for HIMARS M142 launchers for the US Army and Marine Corps, Poland and Romania
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Jun- 2019 -13 JuneBusiness
Citing increased demand, US Special Operations orders 7 additional MH-47G Chinooks from Boeing
US Special Operations Command awarded Boeing a $194 million contract modification for seven additional MH-47G Chinook helicopters citing increased demand
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