Dan Schere

The Army wants to expand its domestic output of 155 mm cargo-carrying projectiles, with the goal of creating a "scalable, resilient manufacturing capability for affordable projectiles" and bolster the supply chain, according to a prototype project opportunity notice posted yesterday. The Modular Artillery for Combat Effectiveness (MACE) program will support both large-caliber and next-generation field artillery systems through “alternative manufacturing processes,” according to the notice. The projectile body will be interchangeable, in that it will be able to accept...

The Army has tapped five vendors to build nuclear microreactors at five U.S. military installations, kickstarting its Janus program, with plans to award up to $2.2 billion in government contracts while expecting the companies to invest “billions” in private capital. The five companies and the installations where they will build the microreactors are: Antares Nuclear, Inc. at Ft. Bragg, NC BWXT Advanced Technologies, LLC at Ft. Campbell, KY General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems at Ft. Hood, TX Radiant Industries, Inc. at...

The Army is interested in establishing "expeditionary" additive manufacturing capabilities at the point of need for Ft. Campbell, KY, Ft. Hood, TX and Ft. Bragg, NC, with the goal of addressing supply chain challenges that impact readiness, according to a call for solutions posted this week.

The Army could add another 24 T901 series engines under the current Improved Turbine Engine Program contract the service has with GE Aerospace, according to a sources sought notice posted this week.

After several weeks of speculation about his future, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll plans to step down, a U.S. official has confirmed to Inside Defense. The news was initially reported Monday by The Wall Street Journal. Driscoll’s resignation comes following multiple reports of ongoing tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth behind the scenes. Sources initially told The Wall Street Journal on Aug. 21 the service secretary would step down by the end of the year, and that report...

A bipartisan group of four lawmakers has requested a briefing by Sept. 21 from the Army on the recent decision to disband a drone battalion based in Europe -- an action happening amid a monumental leadership shakeup in the service, highlighted by the departure of Secretary Dan Driscoll this week. In a letter dated Sept. 1, Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Angus King (I-ME) along with Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH) wrote that they want to better understand...

In a new biodefense strategy released Tuesday, the Army wants to streamline the way it identifies and communicates information about infectious diseases around the world with the help of artificial intelligence. The strategy is the service’s first in five years and emphasizes the need to expand defense against biological threats throughout the joint force, rather than only in medical commands and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear units (CBRN). It aims to solve the past problem of “organizational stove-piping, insufficient...

Army officials insisted today a decision wasn't recently made to deactivate a European drone battalion, but rather it was always meant to be a short-term experimental unit. The battalion within the 173rd Airborne Brigade was never “flagged to be a permanent centralized drone unit,” Alex Miller, the Army’s chief technology officer, said during a roundtable with reporters. “We've pushed back on having something like a drone corps since its inception, because our theory of the case is, if you centralize...

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll's high-profile resignation last week has left the service with few confirmed leaders as the Army moves to execute an ambitious modernization agenda amid a war with Iran and uncertainty over when President Trump will install a permanent senior leadership team. Driscoll’s departure, along with the Army being without a permanent chief of staff since April, has called into question whether the service can accomplish the slate of modernization goals laid out in the 2025 Army Transformation...

The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.2 billion cost-plus, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Precision Strike Missile Increment 2 early operational capability, according to a Pentagon notice issued today.