TRADOC Seeks Industry Help To Modernize Live Training
"Gen. Murray has talked about the view of Project Convergence as our 'Louisiana Maneuvers,' if you will, for the 21st century," says Col. Charles Lombardo.
3D Mapping for Army Hinges On Bandwidth
Gary Blohm, director of the Army Geospatial Center, said 3D is important to troop training and to operational planning because it "helps us navigate, especially when we get to urban environments."
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Powering the future: Securing America with domestically made microelectronics
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
Army Wrestles With Hill Cuts To Ambitious VR Training Tech
The Army may need to delay the rollout of the new technology, scale it down, or both.
Special Ops Using Army’s Prototype 3D Maps On Missions: Gervais
But building a global 3D terrain database will require wrangling huge amounts of data, Maj. Gen. Maria Gervais told us.
Let The (War) Games Begin: Army Buying High-Tech Training Sims
After decades using the same clunky simulators, the Army is about to buy new sims drawing on the latest innovations in online gaming.
War Games: Army Deletes Bureaucracy To Get Sims Fast
There is real uncertainty whether such things as robotic tanks and high-speed scout helicopters are possible on the Army's timeline. But if there's one area where a high-speed approach can work, it's training simulations, where the Army can piggyback on the rapid development in commercial gaming.
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Faster propulsion R&D for modern airpower
As aircraft shrink, threats expand, and technology accelerates, aircraft engines must iterate along with the threats.
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.
HUD 3.0: Army To Test Augmented Reality For Infantry In 18 Months
What should the device show the soldier? "Where am I? Where are my buddies? And where is the enemy?" said Gen. Townsend. "Then other stuff could be optional.”
War Games: Army Replacing 1980s Simulators With Gaming Tech
The first phase of the Synthetic Training Environment initiative replaces existing simulators for vehicles. The second phase aims to create — in just two years — something the Army’s never had before: an “immersive” virtual training environment for troops on foot.