Sufficient vehicles to equip four brigades have been ordered to date and on 2 December the army awarded GDLS three contracts totalling $206 million for 95 Strykers, including the first production examples of the Mobile Gun System (MGS) and the nuclear, biological, and chemica reconnaissance ( ...
Soldiers demonstrate new tactical network capabilities for Stryker brigades at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., on June 30, 2021. (U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is nearly finished fielding an initial package of communications upgrades and networking enhancements known as Capabilit...
There also will be about 10,000 posts cut from cavalry squadrons, Stryker brigade combat teams, infantry brigade combat teams and security force assistance brigades, which are used to train foreign forces. The changes represent a significant shift for the Army to prepare...
Javelin equips the army’s rapid-reaction forces, including 16 air assault brigades, three commando brigades and a mechanised infantry. BAE Systems and a number of other UK companies are providing subsystems for the missiles. In October 2004, a further order was placed to equip the armoured inf...
Defense Newsfirst reported earlier this monththat the Army had decided, after upgunning some of its Stryker vehicles with a 30mm cannon, that it would proceed to outfit at least three of its six brigades of Double V-Hull A1 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles with the more powerful guns...
The US Army is moving out with a new requirement to add a 30 mm cannon to its double-V-hulled, Stryker infantry combat vehicles (ICVs), and seeking industry's help to field eight brigades with the upgunned capability. In a recent notice posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website...
2021 from a Stryker 8×8 vehicle. A day shot and a night shot were performed successfully demonstrating Javelin’s reliability and effectiveness as an extended weapon system. The Javelin has been fielded on the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station across the US Army Stryker brigades in Europe....