A soldier wearing the ENVG-B can look through binoculars, turn on the camera in their rifle’s sight, and then point that sight around a corner to see and shoot, without exposing anything more than their hands or the rifle.
By Kelsey AthertonModernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
Some 19 brigades will hold wargames at the CTCs in 2021. That’s shy of the pre-COVID peak of 21 last year, but above the average for 2015-2019.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Before you can 3D print a part, you need a detailed 3D model of it. So Army Material Command is figuring out how to scan tens of thousands of parts. One method: pull apart an entire helicopter.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
A parallel joint requirements document will be briefed to industry Oct. 30, Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey, head of the Joint Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems office, says.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Army is developing a new Regionally Aligned Readiness & Modernization Model (REARRM) to prepare its forces for great power competition, with different units tailoring their training and equipment to specific foes and theaters.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Army and Air Force are still “defining the relationship” between TITAN and the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), an Army spokesperson says.
By Theresa Hitchens
Starting with a summit this December, the Army’s acquisition chief wants to harmonize technical standards across ground vehicles, aircraft, and other systems so they can easily use common components in their design – potentially saving millions – and share tactical data in battle – potentially saving lives.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
ROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI will present integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
“We ultimately want this Team Ignite to become the way we do business — it’s increased collaboration with the right partners in the right events,” says Maj. Gen. John George, head of Army Combat Capabilities and Development Command (CCDC).
By Theresa Hitchens
Major SATCOM providers — such as Hughes (a subsidiary of SATCOM giant Echostar), Viasat, Intelsat, Inmarsat, SES and Eutelsat — argue that this would not only ease problems with service gaps that have long plagued troops in the field, but also be cheaper and allow speedier integration of new technology.
By Theresa Hitchens
The modestly named “Mid-Range Capability” will hit targets more than one thousand miles away, Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood tells me. But the brand-new program needs reprogramming authority from Congress to catch up to other Army missiles already in flight tests.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
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Missile defense sensor is hitting all the marks.
By Raytheon Missiles & Defense
Brig. Gen. Curtis Taylor acknowledged that in the Indo-Pacific, “it’s clear that we are in competition with China in every country that we’re going to.”
By Paul McLeary
The Army can’t keep modernizing around the edges at its World War II-era ammunition plants, Assistant Secretary Bruce Jette said: It has to “transform” them. The detailed plan — and cost — are TBD.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
While Combat Training Center wargames will still work out full brigades, training at home base will emphasize small-unit teambuilding over big events.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
