Soldiers Become Another Node In DoD’s Internet Of Things: ENVG-B

Soldiers Become Another Node In DoD’s Internet Of Things: ENVG-B
Soldiers Become Another Node In DoD’s Internet Of Things: ENVG-B

A soldier wearing the ENVG-B can look through binoculars, turn on the camera in their rifle’s sight, and then point that sight around a corner to see and shoot, without exposing anything more than their hands or the rifle.

Army Issues Next-Gen Targeting Goggles

Army Issues Next-Gen Targeting Goggles
Army Issues Next-Gen Targeting Goggles

A week from today, the first combat unit will get new ENVG-B goggles, which combine binocular night vision with computer-assisted cross-hairs linked wirelessly to the rifle. It’s a test case for the Army’s new high-speed approach to modernization.

Grunts To Get High-Tech Targeting Goggles In 2019

Grunts To Get High-Tech Targeting Goggles In 2019
Grunts To Get High-Tech Targeting Goggles In 2019

This kind of effort to get fighter-jock technology to ordinary grunts — who do most of the fighting and dying — has enjoyed some high-profile attention in the last 12 months. The efforts cover everything from developing a new, more powerful longer-range rifle to buying off-the-shelf quadcopters, from adding VR training simulations to eliminating tedious safety lectures.

Army Under Secretary Scopes Out Sensors: Fielding Fast

Army Under Secretary Scopes Out Sensors: Fielding Fast
Army Under Secretary Scopes Out Sensors: Fielding Fast

“It’s very encouraging,” McCarthy said. “It gives you high confidence in some of these investments we’re going to make….We’ve got these decisions coming up here by the middle of the summer for the POM 20” — the five-year budget plan (Program Objective Memorandum) for 2020-25.