Picogrid integrates ‘universal translator’ for stovepiped systems into Palantir’s Maven
The small company’s Legion software is also being integrated with Northrop Grumman’s AiON counter-drone system.
Army expands access to encrypted Wickr platform in aim to curb insecure comms, bolster integration
The greater use of the Army-approved tech comes on the heels of the Signal-gate encrypted messaging controversy.
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GPS: Still the gold standard in global navigation
The GPS network continues to prove its unmatched reliability, and it’s only getting stronger.
Biden expected to name 18th Airborne Corps commander to CENTCOM
Kurilla currently serves as command of the Army's 18th Airborne Corps.
‘Elevating’ hidden ideas: Inside the Army’s Dragon’s Lair invention contest
“Ideas are out there,” Col. Joe Buccino said, referring to the 2 million-plus people who serve in the military. “It's just a matter of finding them.”
Army AI Gets Live Fire Test Next Week
In an unusual bottom-up initiative, the 18th Airborne Corps is developing its own AI targeting system – and the corps’ fire support coordinator says he wouldn’t go to war without it.
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.
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Next-generation C2 won’t be next-gen without the network transport
The network transport architecture for NGC2 could be a hybrid approach that combines high assurance communications with 5G, WiFi, and multi-orbit satellites.
AI In The Grey Zone: Afghan Lessons For Great Power Conflict
Artificial intelligence developed to hunt terrorists can help track Russian and Chinese targets as well – especially amidst murky, chaotic conflicts in the “grey zone” between peace and open war.
Big Guns For Light Infantry: Mobile Protected Firepower
This week at Fort Benning, Ga., the Army told some 200 industry representatives from 59 companies what it wants in its next war machine, the Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle (MPF). The MPF must be light and nimble enough to accompany foot troops where the massive M1 Abrams cannot go: into dense jungle and narrow streets, up mountains and […]
Fight Against Islamic State Not COIN, Increasingly High Tech: Carter
FORT BRAGG, NC: The US is not practicing traditional counter-insurgency (COIN) warfare in Iraq and Syria. Instead, the US is providing high-tech firepower, cyber power, and other “enablers” to local allies who don’t have them, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said here today. That approach, which ranges from stealth fighters to “cyber bombs,” has a lot in common with […]