Army Rebuilds Artillery Arm For Large-Scale War

Army Rebuilds Artillery Arm For Large-Scale War
Army Rebuilds Artillery Arm For Large-Scale War

The service’s new AimPoint plan builds very different forces for Europe and the Pacific – but new high-level artillery HQs are central to both.

Army Awards $200K For Stopgap Ventilators

Army Awards $200K For Stopgap Ventilators
Army Awards $200K For Stopgap Ventilators

The service’s xTechSearch contest is vetting novel designs and aims to build and deploy at least 10,000 devices within eight weeks.

Hypersonics: DoD Wants ‘Hundreds of Weapons’ ASAP

Hypersonics: DoD Wants ‘Hundreds of Weapons’ ASAP
Hypersonics: DoD Wants ‘Hundreds of Weapons’ ASAP

“We want to deliver hypersonics at scale,” said R&D director Mark Lewis, from air-breathing cruise missiles to rocket-boosted gliders that fly through space.

COVID-19 Won’t Slow New Army Weapons: McCarthy, Murray, Jette

COVID-19 Won’t Slow New Army Weapons: McCarthy, Murray, Jette
COVID-19 Won’t Slow New Army Weapons: McCarthy, Murray, Jette

While some prototype deliveries and field tests are being delayed, Army leaders said, there’s enough slack in the schedule that combat units will still get the new tech on time.

Do Soldiers Dream Of Electric Trucks?

Do Soldiers Dream Of Electric Trucks?
Do Soldiers Dream Of Electric Trucks?

While Tesla won’t be building heavy tanks, the Army Futures & Concepts Center says moving lighter, wheeled vehicles from fossil fuel to electric drive could streamline supply lines – and save lives.

COVID-19: Army To Test All New Recruits

COVID-19: Army To Test All New Recruits
COVID-19: Army To Test All New Recruits

Training bases are now taking new recruits after a two-week pause. “We have enough test kits” for all of them and their instructors, Gen. Paul Funk said.

COVID-19: Army Futures Command Takes Wargames Online

COVID-19: Army Futures Command Takes Wargames Online
COVID-19: Army Futures Command Takes Wargames Online

While the pandemic’s halted field exercises, tabletop wargames can continue long-distance. The catch? Getting classified bandwidth so you can discuss specific military capabilities.

DoD, Norway Partner On Ramjets For Navy Hypersonic Missiles

DoD, Norway Partner On Ramjets For Navy Hypersonic Missiles
DoD, Norway Partner On Ramjets For Navy Hypersonic Missiles

The partnership will “drive fielding of the critical technologies needed to ensure U.S. and Allied military superiority in hypersonic systems,” Mike Griffin says.

COVID-19: Army Corps’ Ad Hoc Hospital Construction Soars

COVID-19: Army Corps’ Ad Hoc Hospital Construction Soars
COVID-19: Army Corps’ Ad Hoc Hospital Construction Soars

The Corps of Engineers is now building 28 facilities, up from 17 last week, while the states are building another 41 to Army plans. Coming soon: the DC Convention Center.

COVID-19: Army Ramps Up Testing, Vaccine R&D

COVID-19: Army Ramps Up Testing, Vaccine R&D
COVID-19: Army Ramps Up Testing, Vaccine R&D

Some 992 soldiers have now tested positive, with a cluster among trainees at Fort Jackson, S.C., although many showed no symptoms.

Hypersonics: 5 More Army-Navy Flight Tests By 2023

Hypersonics: 5 More Army-Navy Flight Tests By 2023
Hypersonics: 5 More Army-Navy Flight Tests By 2023

The first four flight tests – one a failure — took nine years. The next five will take less than three years.

Persistent Regional Drones Could Deter China, Russia: CSBA

Persistent Regional Drones Could Deter China, Russia: CSBA
Persistent Regional Drones Could Deter China, Russia: CSBA

“With only limited warning, Beijing or Moscow could exploit their
time-distance advantage to seize allied territory before the United States and its allies could respond, thereby creating a fait accompli that would be difficult to reverse after the fact,” CSBA finds.

EXCLUSIVE DoD Seeks $2.9B For Hypersonics In 2021

EXCLUSIVE DoD Seeks $2.9B For Hypersonics In 2021
EXCLUSIVE DoD Seeks $2.9B For Hypersonics In 2021

While Army and Navy spending nearly double, Air Force and independent agency spending drops almost 40 percent.

COVID-19: DoD Remote Access Capacity Soars Tenfold

COVID-19: DoD Remote Access Capacity Soars Tenfold
COVID-19: DoD Remote Access Capacity Soars Tenfold

With tens of thousands of military and civilian personnel working from home, IT projects that normally take years to grind through the bureaucracy are now happening in weeks — but cybersecurity concerns persist.