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While the world waits for the Army's full budget picture, service officials provided some details on the funding profile for Future Vertical Lift, IVAS and the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle.

Northrop Designing Sky Viper Cannon for Armys Futuristic Attack Helicopter Artist rendition of Northrop Grumman’s new Sky Viper 20mm cannon for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) effort. (Courtesy Northrop Grumman) 11 Mar 2021 Northrop Grumman announced Wednesday that it is building a new 20mm cannon for the Armys Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft -- one that it says is far more accurate than the AH-64 Apaches 30mm chain gun. The new chain gun, named the Sky Viper, ...

Lawmakers slash funding for Marine Corps’ long-range fires development December 23, 2020 Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit drive a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) toward their firing point after conducting an amphibious landing from the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20). (photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser/U.S. Marine Corps) “The logic here doesn’t make much sense,” Wisconsin Republican Rep. Michael Gallagher, a House Armed Services Commi...