SOCOM couldn’t build a bulletproof Iron Man. But Army experiments with more modest lower-body exoskeletons have shown real-world potential to help overburdened foot troops.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.GA-ASI’s MQ-9B: The right UAV for persistence, power, and performance
When assessing the state of the art of unmanned aerial systems, it’s critical to be very clear about what various aircraft can and can’t do – and could never do.
The militarized Microsoft HoloLens headset was designed to spot targets day and night on future battlefields. Then engineers tweaked its infrared sensors to detect fevers.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
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The original TOW was a revolutionary tank-killer when it entered service in 1970. With a new warhead, improved guidance, and greater range, the newest model is not your grandfather’s guided missile.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
US and UK soldiers tried out the Israeli-made Safe Shoot in field exercise at Fort Benning. The results were… mixed.
By Arie Egozi
The Army’s 2021 budget request trims the troubled Next Generation Combat Vehicle program 11 percent while raising spending on its other modernization priorities – more than doubling investments in new high-tech infantry kit.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Army’s building a detailed VR map of the planet and the service’s CIO sees JEDI as the logical place to host such a massive database.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The “warfighter localization sensor” from Robotic Research pinpoints your location, and you comrades’, without relying on satellite uplinks or static beacons. The secret’s in the network.
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.
Young grunts and Microsoft engineers are driving refinements to the new IVAS goggles that often surprise their superiors. Has the Army finally found a better way to develop weapons?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Army aims to replace its RQ-7 Shadow with a new, more nimble drone that doesn’t require a runway, to better scout and survive in fast-moving conflicts with great powers.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Since World War II, every airdrop has been a well-armed leap of faith into the unknown. A new tactical wireless network could change that.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Our elite close combat forces are outnumbered. As a national priority we must increase the numbers of those capable of doing these hazardous jobs by transferring the skills of JSOC warriors to Army and Marine conventional infantrymen.
By Bob Scales
The Army has lots of ideas for AI. But it has to implement them without overwhelming troops or the network with too many apps and too much data.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Army is intensely interested in issuing the system to its foot troops, especially for urban warfare.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. and Paul McLeary
The Negev can fire over 700 rounds a minute in full-auto — a bit less than the M249 — or, it can be switched to semi-auto for highly accurate single shots. It already comes in 5.56mm and 7.62mm variants, and IWI says it could be easily reconfigured to take different calibers.
By Arie Egozi
