Army plans to award next gen C2 prototype contracts in May
The service reiterated that its envisioned future command and control program will not have a lead systems integrator as “no one company can provide a total solution for NGC2.”
The ‘technology stack’ driving the Army’s next-gen C2 plans
This week Army officials revealed new details about its plans for a new command and control capability, and how industry can keep up.
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Turning R&D into reality to meet the challenges of the modern battlefield
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
Army Invites Air Force ABMS To Big Network Test: Project Convergence
This fall’s experiment will study how the Army’s own weapons can share target data, Gen. Murray said, but in 2021 he wants to add the Air Force’s ABMS network.
US Army Signals Israel’s Iron Dome Isn’t The Answer
“It was developed for a very specific threat and it does incredible things...we intend to operate it differently -- in support of an Army on the move. It’s not just going to be static.”
Army Wrestles With Testers Over Network Upgrades
At issue is not just this particular program, but the much wider question of how a Pentagon testing apparatus designed for big industrial age programs can keep up with the much faster and more fluid upgrade cycles of information technology.
Failure IS An Option: Army Gen. Murray
The Army must take risks to modernize, the Futures Command chief said, and the modernization effort will survive the inevitable failures along the way.
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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.
Army Reboots Cruise Missile Defense: IFPC & Iron Dome
The new approach will focus on an urgent but largely unmet threat: Russian and Chinese cruise missiles.
Army R&D Chief: ‘I Don’t Think We Went Far Enough’ – But Futures Command Can
For Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins, when the organization he’s led for 31 months changed its name, its mission, and the four-star headquarters it works for, it finally found the answer to a question it – and the entire Army – have been struggling with for at least 16 years.
12 Moments Of Truth For Army Modernization In 2019
WASHINGTON: At least a dozen major Army weapons programs face big decisions in 2019. The service will launch a competition for new armored vehicles; award development contracts for scout aircraft and helicopter engines; conduct key tests of long-range missiles, anti-aircraft defenses, rifles, targeting goggles, and multiple battlefield networks; and field new electronics for command posts.
Army Boosts Investment In Lasers
AUSA: The Army is investing more and more money in lasers to defeat incoming rockets and enemy drones. Across the Air & Missile Defense (AMD) portfolio, “we put over 50 percent of our S&T (Science and Technology) money going towards directed energy projects,” up from about a third previously, said the AMD modernization director, Brig. Gen. […]
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Robot Aircraft For Robot Tanks: GD & AeroVironment Team Up
AUSA: The Marines want their Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle to carry a scout drone that can look for threats and target them with loitering strike missiles or drones. Now General Dynamics Land Systems and drone maker AeroVironment are teaming up to offer the same built-in drone for future Army vehicles. The two companies announced here today that they’ve […]
Army Wants Revolutionary Scout Aircraft For $30 Million, Same As Apache E
The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) must have enough artificial intelligence to fly unmanned at least part of the time, a secure network to control drones, and combination of speed and range that's impossible for traditional helicopters.
Army Seeks 1,000-Mile Missiles Vs. Russia, China
One Army weapon would be a hypersonic missile, tearing through missile defenses at Mach 5-plus to kill critical hardened targets such as command bunkers. The other would use a gun barrel to launch cheaper, slower missiles at larger numbers of softer targets like radars and missile launchers.
Army Futures Command: $100M, 500 Staff, & Access To Top Leaders
“CFTs (Cross Functional Teams) and Army Futures Command will always have a place on my schedule and the chief’s schedule," Esper said. Over time, he said, "it becomes a routine… the expectation not just for AFC and the CFTs, but for future service secretaries and future chiefs of staff."