Can the Army’s robotics programs build AI the Silicon Valley way?
DIU has brokered a potentially groundbreaking contract between the Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle program and a small California firm that trains AI algorithms to navigate off-road.
OMFV race revs up: All 5 competitors bid to build Bradley replacement prototypes
With the different designs converging on similar physical specs – weight, powerplant, weapons – the competition comes down to digital intangibles: AI, electronics, and ease of upgrade.
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Streamcaster Nexus: Empowering the connected soldier at the tactical edge
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.
‘Lightning in a bottle’: Inside the ‘Origin’ of the Army’s future robotic fleet
The Army's Project Origin robots have already changed the battlefield in exercises, but the office running the program says they're just getting started.
At Project Convergence, Army doubles down on ‘fully autonomous’ Black Hawk experiments
"My requirement was 'don't even bring it if it can't be flown fully autonomous,'" a senior Army Futures Command official said.
Army 2030: Disperse or die, network and live
Long-range precision strikes are now so deadly that even rear-area support units must spread out and take cover to survive — which puts unprecedented strain on command & control networks.
Army Materiel Command ‘setting conditions’ ahead of 15-year, $16B facility modernization push
As the Army charges ahead with its signature modernization programs, Army Materiel Command is about to kick off its own sprawling plan to upgrade its facilities that will sustain the new equipment.
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Breaking the Pentagon’s new bottleneck of time
As threats evolve, the winning model ties digital engineering to manufacturing capacity and a reindustrialized supply chain.
Raytheon aims to finish LTAMDS radar prototypes for Army in January
The Army and defense giant are working to reach a congressionally mandated deadline at the end of 2023.
Army’s Wormuth wants emerging tech to ‘strengthen’ Indo-Pacific logistics
The Army wants to be a major logistics player in the Pacific. The secretary of the Army thinks commercial industry has tools to help the service do that.
How the Army wants to build its ‘wolf pack’ drone waves
New autonomy and network technology could enable a new form of high-intensity, low-altitude tactics.
Army’s synthetic training programs gearing up for important test events
This past fiscal year, the OWT delivered about 2 million square kilometers of 3D datasets to a range of partners, supporting training, operational, and intelligence needs, per the Army.
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Meeting Zero Trust goals while maintaining information dominance
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
Lighter, hybrid, & highly automated: the Army’s next-gen armor
Experimental Robotic Combat Vehicles and virtual designs for Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicles are exploring bold new possibilities.
Army planning hybrid tactical vehicle tests next year
After testing hybrid Bradley Fighting Vehicles, the Army will test hybrid Humvees and JLTVs.
Army’s next-gen FLRAA helicopter will be chosen in ‘next few months,’ McConville says
The timeline for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft award is unclear after senior leaders seemed to push it back from an expected October announcement.
With Army combat aviation in mind, Textron plans upgrades to Shadow drone through at least 2036
The Army is replacing the Shadow in its infantry brigades, but Textron is upgrading as the company expects other Army groups, like aviation and special ops, to use it for more than a decade longer.