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Army poised to expand role in homeland defense, commander says
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command is preparing to open the aperture of its role in defense of the homeland as threats evolve and grow.
By Jen Judson
IBCS passes latest communications test, with more on the horizon
The next step for the Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) is to measure how the equipment responds to various environmental conditions and terrains.
By Daniel Cebul
A stronger defense-industrial base starts with Congress
In an era of great power competition, America cannot afford to depend solely on one of our competitors; it leaves the country unacceptably vulnerable.
By Gen. Hawk Carlisle (ret.)
Pakistan tests its Hatf-V ballistic missile — but why bother when more capable alternatives exist?
An accompanying compilation clip of Pakistan's missile test was unusual in that it showed the inert re-entry vehicle striking the target area, an aspect not always shown in such tests.
By Usman Ansari
Army nearing strategy on way ahead for Indirect Fire Protection Capability
The Army is nearing the completion of a strategy on the way head for an Indirect Fire Protection Capability that could include a solution to address cruise missile threats in the near term.
By Jen Judson
So Patriot and THAAD will talk. What does that really mean?
The Army decided earlier this year to drastically accelerate its plans to get the Patriot medium-range air-and-missile defense system and the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system to communicate.
By Jen Judson
Boeing: Apache helicopter fix could take until past 2020 to complete
The most limiting factor for getting the repairs done? How fast Boeing's supply chain can manufacture retrofit kits.
By Valerie Insinna
Network defense is an always-on kind of warfare
Adversaries are constantly probing networks trying to exploit vulnerabilities.
By Mark Pomerleau
Milley: The war in Afghanistan is 17 years old, and now storm clouds are ‘on the horizon’
On the seventeenth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, the Army is still at war with terrorism, and preparing for yet more conflict, the chief of staff says.
Lockheed, SNC decide to forgo bid protest on Boeing’s Huey replacement victory
Boeing's contract award may be safe.
By Valerie Insinna
'I can be a bad ass,’ top health official says, when it comes to making sure Tricare patients get good service
Tricare contractors must provide accurate directories of medical providers.
By Karen Jowers