Robot Wolfpacks: The Faster, Cheaper 355-Ship Fleet

Robot Wolfpacks: The Faster, Cheaper 355-Ship Fleet
Robot Wolfpacks: The Faster, Cheaper 355-Ship Fleet

Smaller unmanned vessels will act as expendable scouts and decoys, larger ones — over 50 meters — will carry masses of missiles, while manned ships will carry both the largest systems and the human beings essential for rapid adaptation in combat.

Army Gives JTRS One More Shot — On Apaches

Washington: The Army is giving a version of the Joint Tactical Radio System one more shot at becoming part of its new networking strategy, weeks after terminating a separate version of the next-generation radio. An airborne JTRS variant built by Lockheed Martin is set to fly next week as part of the Army’s latest Networking…

Army Kills JTRS, Goes ‘Platform Agnostic’ With Network Plan

Washington: The Army needs a new way to connect soldiers on the battlefield, and it doesn’t care how it gets there. The service is taking a “platform agnostic” approach to the way it is carrying out its new network strategy, a senior Army program official told me yesterday during the U.S. Army Association’s annual symposium…