Biden expected to name 18th Airborne Corps commander to CENTCOM

Biden expected to name 18th Airborne Corps commander to CENTCOM
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

‘Elevating’ hidden ideas: Inside the Army’s Dragon’s Lair invention contest
‘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

Army AI Gets Live Fire Test Next Week
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

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.

AI In The Grey Zone: Afghan Lessons For Great Power Conflict

AI In The Grey Zone: Afghan Lessons For Great Power Conflict
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

Big Guns For Light Infantry: Mobile Protected Firepower
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

Fight Against Islamic State Not COIN, Increasingly High Tech: Carter
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…