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2 weeks ago | 
janes.com | Meredith Roaten |Zach Rosenberg |Michael Fabey
AM General's JLTV A2 model was scheduled to begin fielding earlier in 2025 before the army announced it wanted to cancel the programme. (Janes/Christopher Petrov)With a US presidential budget request expected in the near future, congressional appropriators have released fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget priorities that appear to have some notable differences in modernisation accounts.
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3 weeks ago | 
janes.com | Meredith Roaten
A US Army officer from the 3rd Infantry Division operates the EnforceAir 2 C-UAS Software-Defined Radio Drone Detector remote during Exercise ‚ÄėCombined Resolve 25-02'. (US Army)A dismounted backpack-worn and a vehicle-mounted version of a new counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) made its debut with the US Army as part of the Transformation in Contact (TiC) experimentation campaign, service officials announced in late May.
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3 weeks ago | 
janes.com | Meredith Roaten
Amphibious Assault Vehicles swam in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Camp Pendleton, California, during Exercise ‘Quarterly Underway Amphibious Readiness Training 25.3'. (Janes/Meredith Roaten) Marines training to go on the second deployment of Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) told Janes the new equipment drives and swims better than the legacy system.
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1 month ago | 
janes.com | Meredith Roaten
Boeing-built Ground-Based Midcourse Defense ‚Äď which came into the fleet in 2004 ‚Äď is one of the missile defence capabilities that Golden Dome is expected to modernise. (Boeing)The new vision for missile defence architecture, Golden Dome, is expected to come with a USD175 billion price tag, US President Donald Trump announced on 20 May. Part of that total cost will come from a USD25 billion funding line in the budget reconciliation legislation that is now working its way through Congress.
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1 month ago | 
janes.com | Zach Rosenberg |Michael Fabey |Carlo Munoz |Meredith Roaten
USS Arkansas, a Virginia-class attack submarine, is scheduled to be launched in 2025. The FY 2026 budget request likely contains funding for additional Virginia-class submarines.
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1 month ago | 
janes.com | Meredith Roaten
The US Marine Corps plans to buy 84 kits of the Smart Shooter 2000L for a C-UAS capability for dismounted forces. (Janes/Meredith Roaten) After reprogramming at least USD10 million from its air-defence portfolio, the US Marine Corps (USMC) is buying 84 kits of Smart Shooter fire-control system SMASH 2000L as an interim capability for its dismounted counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UASs) requirement, a service official told Janes on 30 April.
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1 month ago | 
janes.com | Meredith Roaten
American Rheinmetall Vehicles displayed its first prototype of the Mission Master UGV upgraded for swimming in the surf zone. (Janes/Meredith Roaten)The US Marine Corps (USMC) is looking for an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that can conduct more than one mission, Lieutenant Colonel Scott Humr, deputy director for Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Systems, announced on 29 April.
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2 months ago | 
janes.com | Meredith Roaten
The US Armyâs M1135 Stryker's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBCRV) Sensor Suite Upgrade is made up of a FLIR Defense R80D SkyRaider drone integrated with FLIR's MUVE B330 biological detection payload. (Teledyne FLIR)As the US Army is planning upgrades to its initial sensor suite, service officials are looking towards the future and how the package can be added to other vehicles, according to a request for information (RFI) published on 9 April.
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2 months ago | 
janes.com | Meredith Roaten
A US Army Stryker outfitted with a BlueHalo Locust laser performed a demonstration for the service taking down unmanned aircraft systems. (Leonardo DRS) An industry-funded directed energy counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) vehicle is headed to the US Army's Fires Center of Excellence later this year with upgrades, lead integrator Leonardo DRS told Janes on 21 March.
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2 months ago | 
janes.com | Meredith Roaten
A US Army Stryker outfitted with a BlueHalo Locust laser performed a demonstration for the service taking down unmanned aircraft systems. (Leonardo DRS) An industry-funded version of the Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) platform is headed to the US Army's Fires Center of Excellence later this year with upgrades, lead integrator Leonardo DRS told Janes on 21 March.
