“This is a journey to see what’s possible, what can we do with today’s technologies, for a relatively minor cost,” Gen. John Murray told us. “Project Convergence ’20 cost us about the same thing as one Combat Training Center rotation” — $23 million.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Gray Eagle is the low-cost, low-risk answer to Army modernization
Gray Eagle STOL and Gray Eagle 25M are the best options for Army aviation as it assesses where to move from its current inflection point.
“It comes down to data standards and it comes down to architecture. How does the Air Force architecture integrate with the Army architecture and with the Navy architecture? What are those crossover points?”
By Theresa Hitchens
“The Chinese see competition as a whole of government effort [and] they’re actually pretty good at it,” the Army Futures Command Chief told us. “We’re way out of practice.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“There are a lot of differences between the FCS experience and the path we’re on,” the Army Futures Command chief told us. This time, he said, “I don’t think there is hubris. I think there’s actually humility.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Each service has unique problems to solve and billions invested in legacy systems. “I just can’t throw away everything we own — nor can the Air Force — and start over,” Gen. Mike Murray, head of Army Futures Command, says. “How does the Air Force architecture integrate with the Army architecture, with the Navy architecture?”
By Theresa Hitchens
