The U.S. Army awarded a contract to General Dynamics Land Systems for the new Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle. Mobile Protected Firepower is a lightweight armored vehicle designed to provide direct ...

BAE System's Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle offering is an M8 Buford armored gun system with new capabilities. (Courtesy of BAE Systems) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is comfortable with the way its ...

In a press release, the U.S. Army announced that initial Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) prototypes arrived at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The preproduction MPF vehicles will be put through their ...

The Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower vehicles are in many ways smaller, lighter versions of the service’s M1 Abrams main battle tanks, and are designed to give light infantry and airborne units more ...

The new maker of the U.S. Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) vehicle is the same company that produces the classic Abrams tank. Yet, the MPF vehicle developer, General Dynamics Land... It looks ...

‘Light tank’ prototypes are beginning to arrive at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for a five-month-long soldier assessment that will pit two configurations against each other, according to the US Army.

The Army wants a light tank for infantry brigades that will be able to knock out bunkers and defeat enemy armored vehicles. On Tuesday, it awarded a $1.14 billion contract to General Dynamics Land ...

U.S. Army modernization officials are looking for defense firms capable of producing lightweight tanks to arm infantry brigades with more firepower for the future battlefield. Program Executive Office ...

Early last decade, worries over slackening demand for armored tanks put the fate of General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) tank plant in Lima, Ohio -- and the jobs of 900 workers -- at risk. Israel had just cut ...