Raytheon to support USAF’s Distributed Common Ground System 07 May 2021 (Last Updated May 7th, 2021 10:28)
The $175m five-year contract will see RI&S provide signals intelligence field services for the DCGS programme.
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The Air Force DCGS, also referred to as the AN/GSQ-272 SENTINEL weapon system, is the USAF’s primary ISR collection, processing, exploitation, analysis and dissemination (PCPAD) system. Credit: USAF.
The $175m five-year contract will see RI&S provide signals intelligence field services for the DCGS programme.
RI&S will support the USAF’s seven intelligence applications used to gather and connect data as part of the new DCGS-Signals Intelligence Field Support (DSFS) programme.
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For all intents and purposes, when one uses the words heavy tactical vehicles, the first thing that comes to mind is Oshkosh. The American industrial behemoth is the one responsible for making a great number of them, designed to meet diverse needs and fulfill diverse purposes.
There are five such vehicles presently in the company’s portfolio. First up is the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck, or HEMTT. The 500 horsepower monster comes in a number of variants, from cargo hauler to refueler and guided missile transporter.
Then comes the Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET), designed to carry with its 700 horsepower heavy loads, including tanks. Then, the Logistics Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR) puts all its 600 horsepower on the table for hauling flatracks, ISO containers, bridging equipment, boats and fuel containers.
The XM813 is a 30x173mm calibre cannon. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)
The XM813 cannon forms part of the Stryker Medium Caliber Weapon System 30mm Lethality Upgrade programme.
US Army Contracting Command has awarded a $105.69 million contract modification to Alliant Techsystems Operations (part of Northrop Grumman) to produce, deliver, and maintain new-production configuration 30x173 mm XM813 cannons.
Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of 24 September 2026, the DoD announced on 7 May.
Alliant Techsystems Operations was awarded the original $37.67 million contract in September 2020 to buy long-lead XM813 items for the Stryker Medium Caliber Weapon System 30mm Lethality Upgrade programme.
A Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck being lowered onto a landing craft in January 2019. (Photo: US Army/Sgt 1st Class Nancy Lugo)
Demand remains high in the US Army for heavy tactical vehicles.
Oshkosh Defense has received a contract extension from the US Army for continued production and modernisation of its Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV).
The three-year FHTV IV extension from US Army Contracting Command is accompanied by initial delivery orders worth $146.8 million for 353 new and modernised vehicles, the US manufacturer announced on 3 May.
Oshkosh designed the FHTV to support various roles, with a flexible architecture to accommodate capabilities such as condition-based maintenance, advanced driver assistance systems, autonomy, onboard power ‘and other proven technologies’, the company claimed.