‘Jury’s still out’ on future of Army’s mobile prepositioned stock: AMC head
So far, the Army has offloaded equipment from the APS-3 to bases in South Korea and the Philippines.
Army seeks new MAPS Gen II vendors willing to hand over intellectual property
The second generation Mounted Assured PNT System (MAPS Gen II) program is currently under contract with RTX subsidiary Collins Aerospace which is scheduled to run through September 2027.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
‘Don’t be surprised’ if Army starts 3D printing its own parts: Materiel Command head
“I acknowledge that their intellectual property is their intellectual property,” Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan, said of the vendors. “It is a shame on us for not buying it up front, which is foolish, a fool's errand."
Army conducting 3D printing sprint for small drones, eyeing scaling decision
“We need to do it at a price point that is ridiculously low: We don't need the Gucci cameras and everything else,” said Army Futures Command head Gen. James Rainey.
Army reconsidering prepositioned stock strategy, ‘doubling down’ on Indo-Pacific, general says
Army Materiel Command Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan said the service could disband a floating, mobile cache of weapons and equipment and instead distribute them in friendly territory.
5 questions with the 3-star general leading Army Materiel Command
"Our Ukrainian partners, because of necessity, are pushing the boundaries on how they do [3D printing] — both at the tactical level and all the way back at their depot system as well. The world has a lot to learn from how our Ukrainian partners are working," Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan told Breaking Defense.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
From more drones to smaller command posts, Army’s 3rd ID tests out new tactics
“We had battalions and squads with UAS that had not had them in that volume or at those echelons before. We endeavored to make contact with unmanned systems first,” said Col. Jim Armstrong, the commander of 1st ABCT, 3rd ID.