Army lab pushes standardized batteries for frontline soldiers: STUB and OSCAR

Army lab pushes standardized batteries for frontline soldiers: STUB and OSCAR
Army lab pushes standardized batteries for frontline soldiers: STUB and OSCAR

Soldiers burdened by 15-plus pounds of batteries — of multiple, incompatible types — could benefit from more efficient, standardized power sources like the Small Tactical Universal Battery.

Army ‘not declaring victory,’ NGSW fix improves fume and accuracy issues

Army ‘not declaring victory,’ NGSW fix improves fume and accuracy issues
Army ‘not declaring victory,’ NGSW fix improves fume and accuracy issues

“Early returns, again, [are] very positive that our partner Sig Sauer can make the weapons and address some of the small issues,” said head of Army acquisition Doug Bush.

Paratroopers Pioneer New Army Network, Tactics

Paratroopers Pioneer New Army Network, Tactics
Paratroopers Pioneer New Army Network, Tactics

New radios offer dramatically greater range, clarity, & data — once soldiers and leaders figure out how best to use them.

Robot Black Hawk To Fly In Project Convergence 21: MOSA Key

Robot Black Hawk To Fly In Project Convergence 21: MOSA Key
Robot Black Hawk To Fly In Project Convergence 21: MOSA Key

The wargame will also test new aircraft weapons — a 20 mm cannon and a multi-payload launcher— and a host of electronics enabled by a plug-and-play open architecture, MOSA.

Army Network Upgrade Seeks Fast Data For JADC2

Army Network Upgrade Seeks Fast Data For JADC2
Army Network Upgrade Seeks Fast Data For JADC2

The upcoming upgrade to the Army’s tactical network, Capability Set ’23, will exploit the boom in commercial Low- and Medium-Earth Orbit satellites to boost communications for fast-moving Stryker units.

Army Soldier Tech Team Seeks Hill’s Trust After Cuts

Army Soldier Tech Team Seeks Hill’s Trust After Cuts
Army Soldier Tech Team Seeks Hill’s Trust After Cuts

After skeptical staffers slammed the IVAS targeting goggles, the Army generals responsible have been emphasizing their solicitousness towards Congress.

Army EW Targets Foes For Infantry

Army EW Targets Foes For Infantry
Army EW Targets Foes For Infantry

In wargames at Fort Benning, troops used radio sensors to detect “enemy” forces long before patrols stumbled across them.

OMFV: Army Wants Your Weird Ideas For Bradley Replacement

OMFV: Army Wants Your Weird Ideas For Bradley Replacement
OMFV: Army Wants Your Weird Ideas For Bradley Replacement

Want to make a mini-tank that carries two passengers in back? Or put the heavy weapons on one vehicle and the passengers in another? Go for it, the Army’s armor modernization director told industry.

COVID Delays Delivery Of BAE’s MPF Light Tank

COVID Delays Delivery Of BAE’s MPF Light Tank
COVID Delays Delivery Of BAE’s MPF Light Tank

General Dynamics has already delivered at least two of its Mobile Protected Firepower prototypes to Fort Bragg, but BAE is lagging behind – although it says its MPFs will make the Army’s Jan. 4 deadline to start testing.

eBullet Brings Richer Realism To Army Training; No More Laser Tag

eBullet Brings Richer Realism To Army Training; No More Laser Tag
eBullet Brings Richer Realism To Army Training; No More Laser Tag

A new training network will simulate the effects of weapons — from mortars and grenades to, potentially, germ warfare — and tell troops if they’re “killed” or “wounded,” then play the whole exercise back for AI analysis. One Army engineer told us: “We’ve never been able to train this stuff, never.”

GM Defense Delivers 1st Air-Droppable Trucks

GM Defense Delivers 1st Air-Droppable Trucks
GM Defense Delivers 1st Air-Droppable Trucks

GM Defense made delivery of its Infantry Squad Vehicle in just 120 days from contract award. Next up: intensive Army testing, with two trucks set aside for parachuting out of airplanes. The 82nd Airborne gets the first ISVs next year.

MPF: Light Tank Competitors BAE & GD Head For Soldier Tests

MPF: Light Tank Competitors BAE & GD Head For Soldier Tests
MPF: Light Tank Competitors BAE & GD Head For Soldier Tests

BAE and General Dynamics are vying to build 504 Mobile Protected Firepower vehicles to support light infantry units, especially in places the massive M1 Abrams cannot go.

Soldiers Become Another Node In DoD’s Internet Of Things: ENVG-B

Soldiers Become Another Node In DoD’s Internet Of Things: ENVG-B
Soldiers Become Another Node In DoD’s Internet Of Things: ENVG-B

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.

From ‘Frankengoggle’ To Battle-Ready: Army IVAS

From ‘Frankengoggle’ To Battle-Ready: Army IVAS
From ‘Frankengoggle’ To Battle-Ready: Army IVAS

The experimental targeting goggles field-tested last fall didn’t work in the rain. The ruggedized version to be tested this month will fix that flaw – and more, the Army says.