On the 1st July 2018, the US Army’s newest Command began operations. The Army’s new Futures Command was first announced back in 2017. It was recently announced that Austin, Texas… Continue reading "Lt. Gen Mike Murray Nominated to Command US Army’s New Futures Command"
The US Army has announced that Austin, Texas will be the home of its new Futures Command, the command’s location was selected from a nationwide list of 150 cities. The… Continue reading "US Army Selects Austin, Texas as Home for New Futures Command"
On June 19th, 2018, BAE Systems has announced that their team won the U.S. Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) competition. The company was awarded a $198 million contract for… Continue reading "BAE Systems Wins US Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) Competition"
The US Army is set to evaluate 10 off the shelf submachine guns to fill its recently identified Sub Compact Weapon role. Last month (May 2018) the US Army’s PEO Soldier – Project… Continue reading "US Army To Evaluate 10 Subguns for Sub Compact Weapon Program"
In recent weeks both Australia and the UK have confirmed that they will be procuring the ARTEC Boxer Armoured Fighting Vehicle. ARTEC is a joint venture between Rheinmetall & Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. In… Continue reading "UK & Australia To Procure Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle"
The GlobalEye is a multi-role airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) solution from the Swedish defence and security company Saab Group. It consists of a suite of sensors using Saab’s… Continue reading "Successful First Flight for SAAB’s GlobalEye"
The Michigan-based Applied Ballistics LLC have been awarded a research and development contract to work on Advance Extreme Long-Range Sniper Capability for the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO). The CTTSO’s mission… Continue reading "Applied Ballistics Wins R&D Contract to Develop Extreme Long-Range Sniper Capability"
The Marine Corps Times (not associated with the Marines) has highlighted an issue that hasn’t entered the public domain in firearms news as of yet, but has really been smoldering… Continue reading "Analysis- Scout Sniper Basic Course Failure Rate Part One"