http://www.military.com/News/Home/0,13324,,00.html?ESRC=armynews.RSS Military Army News Center Sunday, 22 November 2009 9:40:48 AM http://www.military.com/news/article/army-news/a-token-of-esteem.html?ESRC=armynews.RSS 2009-11-19 http://www.military.com/news/article/army-news/decisions-will-pave-path-to-end-war.html?ESRC=armynews.RSS 2009-11-19 http://www.military.com/news/article/army-news/first-lady-honors-military-women-vets.html?ESRC=armynews.RSS 2009-11-19 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,206097,00.html?ESRC=armynews.RSS Aetna Government Health Plans of Hartford, Conn., appears to have gained an unfair advantage in competing for TRICARE?s North Region support contract, valued at $16.7 billion, by hiring a former chief of staff at TRICARE headquarters to help the company draft its winning proposal. 2009-11-19 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,206036,00.html?ESRC=armynews.RSS Rather than waiting for the U.S. Army to flight-test the Fire Scout vertical-takeoff unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV), Northrop Grumman is investing heavily in a test program of its own. The company's impatience may well pay off -- when the Army finally makes a decision about air vehicles for its new Brigade Combat Team Modernization (BCTM) program, Fire Scout will be ready to go. 2009-11-17 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,205756,00.html?ESRC=armynews.RSS The Defense Department is kicking off a program to design, build and demonstrate prototypes of the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System (JATAS) to protect U.S. Navy and Marine Corps helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft from dumb and smart weapons. 2009-11-12 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,204238,00.html?ESRC=armynews.RSS Middle-class American youth are entering the military in significant numbers today, drawn by more competitive pay, a battered civilian job market and the buzz surrounding an improved GI Bill education benefit. 2009-10-22 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,203377,00.html?ESRC=armynews.RSS U.S. Army officials are again taking a new direction toward buying an Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) intelligence-collecting aircraft, this time focusing on immediate needs for the ongoing fights in Afghanistan and Iraq rather that yet-to-be-realized future scenarios. 2009-10-13 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,202788,00.html?ESRC=armynews.RSS The U.S. Army and Marine Corps' long-term solution to their light tactical vehicle needs -- the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle -- is on track to hit all of its milestones, according to program managers who spoke with reporters Oct. 6 at the Association of the U.S. Army convention in Washington, D.C. 2009-10-13 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,203261,00.html?ESRC=armynews.RSS U.S. Army aviation leadership has been strategically redistributing the $14.6 billion in Comanche funding among its various modernization programs since the helicopter was canceled in 2004. But the well is due to dry up soon, and the service is formulating a strategy to protect its resources. 2009-10-12