Carley Welch

Monday’s announcement comes after Lockheed successfully launched its first PrSM Increment 2 missile in February.

The companies' solutions will move into the developmental phase, an Army spokesperson told Breaking Defense.

The move prompted lawmaker concern, but Army CTO Alex Miller downplayed the flap, saying the service just may not have told the "full story fast enough."

The request would also reroute money destined for an international counter-ISIS training program.

“We have to ensure that a global pandemic or some other health event does not stop us from our ability to project those forces forward, so we can be in the place to fight and win the war and endure through any conflict,” Lt. Col. Dave Kingery, the biological defense integrator for the Army’s headquarters and USANCA, said.

“One of the key exciting components of this particular production program is introducing production-directed energy for the first time in the nation's history,” AV’s vice president of directed-energy systems told reporters.

Georgia Tech will lead the integration of the autonomous mobility platform and the modular munitions pallets — the components that make up the CAML system.

Dan Driscoll, a former soldier who came into the role from the finance world, reportedly had a strained relationship with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The task force did not disclose exactly where the drones were engaged or who was suspected of flying them, but suggested they could have been used for reconnaissance by a drug cartel. 

The Pentagon is attempting to "lock in" LaNeve's nomination for the next Army Chief of Staff amid lawmaker concerns and the potential departure of the service's secretary.

The announcement is the culmination of a months-long competition to win a contract worth up to $10 billion over the next three decades.

As new drones, networks and weapons come online, the Army faces a power crunch that senior officials are asking industry to help solve. “And it's not by buying more generators," Brig. Gen. Troy Denomy, PAE for Maneuver, said.

The Army could choose a winner late next spring after both the M1E3 and XM30 are operated by the Iron Horse brigade in a National Training Center rotation, an Army official told Breaking Defense.

An Army official told Breaking Defense the service's original plan to build a software backbone itself makes less sense now that there's real industry investment in the capability.

“We have an aging fleet, and we have modernization on the horizon, but it's not coming fast enough," Brig. Gen. Beth Behn, commanding general of TACOM, told Breaking Defense.

The service has swapped ISVs for MRZRs for its UxS initiative, an Army official told Breaking Defense.

The six companies awarded through prototype Other Transaction Agreements are: Maren-Go, Overland AI, Forterra, Hendrick’s Motorsports, American Rheinmetall and HDT, according to a service release.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told reporters he hopes to get companies who have internally funded their own munitions onto testing ranges within 30 days of a request.

The four companies, which will specifically supply the M151 warheads for the rockets, are Firehawk, iRocket, Nammo Perry and Albers.

The prototype vehicles are expected to be provided to the Army by March 30, 2027.