Stories about: US Army

WTSI Previews Fuel Efficient Ground Vehicle Demonstrator

21 Oct 2010, 10:47 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) has partnered with World Technical Services, Inc. (WTSI) to design and build a Fuel Efficient ground vehicle Demon...

Free BMW Motorcycle Safety Pack for Active Military

21 Sep 2010, 09:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The North American division of BMW Motorrad has just launched a new promotion for active military personnel who purchase a new BMW S 1000 RR until December 31, 2010. For a safer riding, BMW is offer...

MIT-Developed Unmanned Robotic Toyota Lift Truck

20 Jul 2010, 08:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / U.S. Army Logistics Innovation Agency (LIA) recently hosted a series of demonstrations involving a Toyota 8-Series lift truck modified by MIT, specially developed for high-risk work environments, su...

Chevrolet to Raise $1M for Cell Phones for Soldiers Charity

23 Jun 2010, 09:42 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American carmaker Chevrolet announced today the launch of a year-long campaign to raise $1 million to support Cell Phones for Soldiers. The money will be used to provide pre-paid calling cards to tr...

Scion Invites the US Army to the Battle of the Builds

16 Jun 2010, 14:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Scion is using its customization philosophy to offer a bespoke competition. The company has launched a unique car customization challenge only open to active duty military personnel. The “B...

Oshkosh Receives $410M Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles Delivery Order

11 May 2010, 07:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Oshkosh Corporation, a manufacturer of specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies, announced that its Defense division has received a delivery order valued at over $410 million from the RACOM Life Cycle ...

Ram Truck and Zac Brown Band Partner for “Letters for Lyrics”

19 Apr 2010, 08:27 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Grammy-winning artists Zac Brown Band recently signed a partnership with the ram Truck brand to help honor U. S. soldiers, as well as to promote the band’s USO Tour and their latest single. Th...

US Army CERV on Display at the 2010 SAE World Congress

16 Apr 2010, 06:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / This year’s SAE World Congress is not all about engineering innovations and finding solutions on meeting environmental and fuel economy requirements, and fuel economy claims for PHEV and hybri...

US Army To Get SuperTurboCharged

14 Apr 2010, 10:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The U.S. Army Small Business Innovative Research Contract Program has granted a research contract to VanDyne Superturbo, with the work based on a proposal called “Diesel Waste Heat Recovery Ut...

Chevrolet Corvette Special Delivery

18 Feb 2010, 07:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A special delivery of a Chevrolet Corvette has recently taken place: Former U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff General Richard Cody was supposed to get 2010 Torch Red Grand Sport Convertible, but instead...

Lockheed Completes JLTV Production

17 Feb 2010, 09:11 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Building stuff for the US army can be very profitable and companies will try to close contracts especially now that Humvee will be out of production. Lockheed Martin, a global security company, has ...

Navistar Defense Gets $752 million Contract from the US

17 Feb 2010, 08:29 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / One of the most iconic representations of the US military, the HUMVEE, will no longer be a part of the army garages starting next year. The military has placed a final order of 2,620 new HUMVEEs, af...

US Army Uses Computer Game to Test Racing Skills

11 Feb 2010, 15:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new computer game will be used by Internet users to test their driving ability to accomplish the mission (and compete against their friends), the US Army announced today. The game, dubbed Race for...

Oshkosh Reinforces U.S. Marine's Heavy Fleet

11 Feb 2010, 07:59 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command has sent a delivery order (part of an existing contract worth over $158 million) for 400 Logistics Vehicle System Replacements (LVSR) to the Defense Division of...

Goodbye, US Army HUMVEE

5 Feb 2010, 09:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Perhaps one of the most iconic representations of the US military, the HUMVEE, will no longer be a part of the army garages starting next year. According to an Army spokesman cited by ABC News, the ...

NAIAS: US Army Displays New CERV

17 Jan 2010, 13:00 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / This year's NAIAS hosted not only premieres for passenger vehicles, but for military use as well, with the new Clandestine Electric Reconnaissance Vehicle (CERV) being displayed by the U.S. Arm...

Oshkosh Gets $438M for 1,000 MRAP M-ATV

12 Nov 2009, 11:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Oshkosh announced today it has been awarded a $438 million contract by the US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC) for 1,000 MRAP...

Navistar to Deliver 1,928 MTVs to TACOM

10 Nov 2009, 14:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Defense division of American truck manufacturer Navistar announced today it has received a $348 million-worth of delivery orders for 1,928 medium tactical vehicles, from the US Army Tank-automot...

[Update]Marisa Miller Helps Harley-Davidson Salute the Military [Video Included]

2 Nov 2009, 12:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / In all the scandal surrounding Harley-Davidson after its decision to close Buell and several other facilities and focus on its own brand to boost sales, the motorcycle manufacturer still found time ...

US Army to Have Fuel Efficient Vehicles form Ricardo

29 Oct 2009, 13:52 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Eco-Inovation Technology Company Ricardo made public today that it has been contracted to develop a new vehicle under the Fuel Efficient Ground Vehicle Demonstrator (FED) program, launched by TA...