Report faults Stryker vehicles as not meeting Army needs

Article Abstract:

A Washington think tank reports that the medium armored vehicle, Stryker, is still too heavy for the ubiquitous C-130 transport plane to carry, and rolls off the plane needing protective elements to be attached to it, which is again a time-consuming process that delays its entry to battle. The Stryker is not the final solution to the Army's requirement of the medium armor vehicles and for the problem of strategic mobility with survivability.

Armored vehicles, Armoured vehicles

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Harvey says Army to scrutinize Lockheed ACS plan; praises Halliburton

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Francis Harvey, secretary of the US Army announced in November 2005 that the US Army would scrutinize the Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) proposal. However, he did not clear whether the Army would accept any Lockheed plan to substitute a larger aircraft in place of the plane the largest defense contractor had planned to use as the intelligence-gathering aircraft, the Brazilian Embraer ERJ-145.

Contracts & orders received, Executive changes & profiles, Aircraft, Iraq, Contracts & orders let, Officials and employees, Contracts, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Contract agreement, Aircraft industry, Lockheed Martin Corp., Sensors, Halliburton Co., HAL, Postwar reconstruction, Harvey, Francis

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Transformation of forces and platforms yields to 'shaping'

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The term 'shaping' has varied definitions and it might be used when the US military forces and hardware are to be replaced with new, smaller, cheaper weapons systems, while buying fewer major systems. Army officials state that shaping must be a process geared toward producing a desired effect, in which a combatant commander will select the right weapons tool from the toolbox to achieve victory in a battle zone.

Strategy & planning, Defense Procurement, Planning, Military procurement, Company business planning, Weapons systems, Defence buying

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