US, France, UK Hammer Out Multinational Corps Warfighting

US, France, UK Hammer Out Multinational Corps Warfighting
US, France, UK Hammer Out Multinational Corps Warfighting

There is room for further development in areas such as electronic warfare and signals intelligence. “These ‘soft’ components were not as accessible in the past 12 to 15 years when we were so busy in the Middle-East; for example, there is a real drive to invest in areas such as EWSI (Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence),” Brig. Gen. Paul Tennant, the British military attache in Washington, says.

Army Creates New Units To Use Iron Dome

Army Creates New Units To Use Iron Dome
Army Creates New Units To Use Iron Dome

The two air & missile defense batteries will be based at Fort Bliss, Texas, with the first Iron Dome weapons systems arriving from Israeli manufacturer Rafael by the end of the year.

Artillery Seeks Robot Ammo Haulers

Artillery Seeks Robot Ammo Haulers
Artillery Seeks Robot Ammo Haulers

Six companies got $150,000 Field Artillery Autonomous Resupply contracts to study everything from exoskeletons that strengthen human ammo handlers to robots that might replace them.

Army Strips Down Expectations — And Battle Network — For Faster Fielding

PENTAGON: The Army showed off an impressive array of battlefield wi-fi gadgetry today in the Pentagon courtyard, exhibiting new-found realism about what gadgets it might not need. Consider the hardware to connect the individual foot soldier to the brigade-wide command network, which has been stripped down from a 14-pound prototype to a militarized smartphone plugged…