![]() The technology – designed to be retrofitted onto Pacific 24 Rigid Inflatable Boats – could also equip manned RIBs deployed on Type 23 Frigates and Type 45 destroyers. The system is purportedly capable of allowing the boats to operate for up to twelve hours at a time in a reconnaissance and surveillance capacity. The Royal Navy’s future Queen Elizabeth-class carrier looks set to feature unmanned boats, with BAE Systems and ASV demonstrating an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) boat near Portsmouth Naval Base.The USS Milwaukee will be homeported in San Diego with the rest of the LCS fleet. The Freedom-class vessel is the third of eight to be manufactured by Lockheed Martin, with the ship now scheduled for commissioning on 21 November. The Navy has accepted delivery of the sixth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS 5), the future USS Milwaukee.Budgetary uncertainty is also a worry for Army leaders, particularly over recently-unveiled plans to procure upgrades and new vehicle fleets for the Army, including proposed upgrades for Stryker vehicles along the lines of those approved for European-deployed forces earlier this month, with the program contingent on approval of the FY2016 budget. As budget cuts begin to bite, US forces in Europe have been forced to use equipment loaned from NATO allies, including British helicopters, Hungarian air defense systems and German bridging equipment.Expected to last for approximately ten years, the GSA also wants the DoD ‘s Defense Information Services Agency to make significant use of the EIS vehicle. ![]() EIS will include a wide variety of commonly-procured items to cut back on single procurement orders, as well as other features designed to rationalize inter-agency spending on services and equipment. The Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vehicle is intended to provide telecommunications and IT services as part of the Network Services 2020 program, replacing the Networx vehicle. The General Services Administration has released a final $50 billion contract vehicle Request for Proposals (RFP), with these now pushed back to a deadline of mid-January 2016.
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