2018 Forecast: Can The Army Reinvent Itself?

2018 Forecast: Can The Army Reinvent Itself?
2018 Forecast: Can The Army Reinvent Itself?

WASHINGTON: Over the next few weeks, US Army leaders will make major decisions about the Futures Command they’re standing up this summer. The new organization will be the biggest departure in how the Army buys weapons in 40 years. Important as it is, however, it’s also just one of many changes the Army must make…

Army Reorganizes, Accelerates EW: Synergy Or Hostile Takeover?

Army Reorganizes, Accelerates EW: Synergy Or Hostile Takeover?
Army Reorganizes, Accelerates EW: Synergy Or Hostile Takeover?

ARLINGTON: Outgunned in the airwaves by Russian jammers, the US Army has a new plan for electronic warfare. The Army hopes to rebuild the long-neglected EW branch more quickly — in part, paradoxically, by partially submerging it in other branches, namely military intelligence and cyber. There’s both an equipment aspect and an organizational one. First…

Army Cyber Accelerates; Electronic Warfare Lags

Army Cyber Accelerates; Electronic Warfare Lags
Army Cyber Accelerates; Electronic Warfare Lags

PENTAGON: The Army is ahead of schedule building cyber teams — but its equally essential electronic warfare branch is lagging badly. Like a fiddler crab, one arm is much more developed than the other. While effective in the current fight against Daesh (aka ISIL), this unbalanced force would be at a severe disadvantage in future Multi-Domain Battles…

Army Building 1st Battlefield Cyber/Electronic Warfare Team

Army Building 1st Battlefield Cyber/Electronic Warfare Team
Army Building 1st Battlefield Cyber/Electronic Warfare Team

WASHINGTON: This afternoon, Army generals gathered to begin designing a new kind of unit, a tactical cyber/electronic warfare detachment, whose first experimental exercise overseas could be as early as next year. For the first time since the Cold War, at least a small part of the Army could have radio and radar jamming capabilities to…

Army Wargames Hone Battlefield Cyber Teams

Army Wargames Hone Battlefield Cyber Teams
Army Wargames Hone Battlefield Cyber Teams

ARLINGTON: The Army is reinforcing its combat brigades with cyber soldiers. In 18 months of wargames with a wide range of units — tanks, Strykers, infantry, Airborne, Rangers — Army Cyber Command troops have brought hacking and jamming to bear on the (simulated) battlefield alongside guns and bombs. The exercises have already revealed cybersecurity shortfalls…