BAE Delivers 1st Production AMPV To Army Despite Cuts & Delays
COVID-19 and quality control problems at BAE’s York, Penn. plant had slowed the replacement of the Vietnam-vintage M113 armored vehicle.
Army Wants Industry Input For Reliable Exoskeleton (Not Iron Man, Yet!)
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.
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In contested seas, autonomy must anticipate, not just navigate
As missions stretch farther and comms grow less reliable, predictive software could become the edge that keeps missions afloat.
Marines Explore Robots & 5G Networks For Future Wars
Could mini-drones and robot trucks, coordinating via 5G, replace vulnerable manned convoys?
IBCS Defeats 2 Missiles in Flight – But 100s In Simulation
Thursday's near-simultaneous intercept of a cruise missile and a ballistic missile was far from the hardest thing the IBCS battalion has done.
Boeing & Lockheed Vie For Cyber/EW/SIGINT System, TLS
The Army has big ambitions for the Terrestrial Layer System, meant to detect, decrypt, and disrupt enemy communications. We spoke to the companies that actually have to build it.
Can Army Intel Data Feed The Kill Chain?
To find targets for its new long-range weapons, the Army is experimenting with cloud computing and AI that can bridge the gap between intelligence networks and combat units.
New webinar Safeguarding funded innovation in research security
Join us 6/24 as experts discuss evolving US research security policy and innovation protection. 1 CPE credit eligible.
IBCS: Army Missile Defense Passes Most Complex Test Yet
Even with a relay taken down by jamming, the new IBCS network was able to fuse targeting data from Patriot and Sentinel radars, then shoot down two cruise missile surrogates with a single PAC-3 interceptor apiece.
Deloitte Wins $106M JAIC Contract To Build AI Toolkit
The Joint Common Foundation will put a standard set of tools in the cloud, where any Defense Department AI project can use them.
Army Electronic Warfare: Big Tests In ’21
The Stryker-mounted TLS and drone-borne MFEW are the first two nodes in a networked arsenal of sensors and jammers to combat high-tech foes.
DoD Drafts Guidelines For Laser Design
The Pentagon's draft “reference architecture,” which also covers high-powered microwave weapons, will be circulated for industry comment early next year.
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The Future of Defense Manufacturing Will Be Distributed, Autonomous, and Software-Defined
How Roboze is helping transform additive manufacturing from a prototyping tool into production infrastructure for defense and critical industries.
Pentagon Gives Up Huge Slice Of Spectrum For 5G
An unprecedentedly quick 15-week review identified 100 mHZ of spectrum, now heavily used by military radars, that will be auctioned off in December 2021.
Robots & Puddles: Surprises From Army RCV Test
Experimental Robotic Combat Vehicles are outperforming Army expectations. But soldiers are finding plenty of quirks to fix.
GAO Questions Army’s $62B Cost Estimates For Combat Vehicles
The Army estimated the OMFV troop carrier would cost $46 billion and the MPF light tank would cost $16 billion. The GAO has doubts.
Army Tests New All Domain Kill Chain: From Space To AI
Experimental AI software, Prometheus and SHOT, can turn masses of data – from both government and commercial satellites – into precise targets for long-range missiles and cannon. But what do the humans do?