Robot Black Hawk To Fly In Project Convergence 21: MOSA Key

Robot Black Hawk To Fly In Project Convergence 21: MOSA Key
Robot Black Hawk To Fly In Project Convergence 21: MOSA Key

The wargame will also test new aircraft weapons — a 20 mm cannon and a multi-payload launcher— and a host of electronics enabled by a plug-and-play open architecture, MOSA.

Army Outlines Ambitious Schedule For Robots, Armor

Army Outlines Ambitious Schedule For Robots, Armor
Army Outlines Ambitious Schedule For Robots, Armor

The Army is testing the MPF light tank; evaluating concepts for the OMFV troop carrier; preparing for major tests of high-tech Robotic Combat Vehicles and workhorse Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles in 2022; and will test a full battalion of 18 ERCA howitzers in 2023.

FVL: Robotic Co-Pilots Will Help Fly Black Hawks In 2021

FVL: Robotic Co-Pilots Will Help Fly Black Hawks In 2021
FVL: Robotic Co-Pilots Will Help Fly Black Hawks In 2021

Sikorsky’s ALIAS automation will help human pilots fly more safely at low altitude and high speeds and in poor visibility. Modified UH-60s will test out the technology for next-gen Future Vertical Lift.

Lynx Strikes Back: How Rheinmetall Could Win Army OMFV (ANALYSIS)

Lynx Strikes Back: How Rheinmetall Could Win Army OMFV (ANALYSIS)
Lynx Strikes Back: How Rheinmetall Could Win Army OMFV (ANALYSIS)

The Army’s new priorities — emphasizing heavy armor and robotics — and Rheinmetall’s successes overseas combine to give the KF41 Lynx a fighting chance to be the new Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle.

Low, Fast, Networked & Lethal: Future Army Airpower

Low, Fast, Networked & Lethal: Future Army Airpower
Low, Fast, Networked & Lethal: Future Army Airpower

Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville and other top Army pilots say these new technologies, tactics, & training will keep aircraft alive against high-tech foes like Russia and China.

Two Men & A Bot: Can AI Help Command A Tank?

Two Men & A Bot: Can AI Help Command A Tank?
Two Men & A Bot: Can AI Help Command A Tank?

Instead of a traditional three-man crew, Brig. Gen. Coffman told Breaking Defense, “you have two humans with a virtual crew member, [sharing] the functions of gunning, driving, and commanding.”

Boeing Unveils FARA Scout Design

Boeing Unveils FARA Scout Design
Boeing Unveils FARA Scout Design

Boeing’s famous Phantom Works threw the kitchen sink at the problem: This is an aircraft with a helicopter-style main rotor, a tail rotor, a pusher propeller, and a wing-like “stabilator.”

OMFV: Army Seeks Industry Advice On Bradley Replacement

OMFV: Army Seeks Industry Advice On Bradley Replacement
OMFV: Army Seeks Industry Advice On Bradley Replacement

Having rebooted the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program, the Army is now is asking industry input on how to achieve nine goals, from survivability to mobility to streamlined logistics.

Bradley Replacement: Did Army Ask For ‘Unobtainium’?

Bradley Replacement: Did Army Ask For ‘Unobtainium’?
Bradley Replacement: Did Army Ask For ‘Unobtainium’?

General Dynamics’ cancelled OMFV prototype could only meet the requirement for armor protection by growing too heavy to meet the requirement for air transport, sources say. So which will the Army give up?

Army Chief Seeks ‘Minimally Manned’ Vehicles, Joint C2

Army Chief Seeks ‘Minimally Manned’ Vehicles, Joint C2
Army Chief Seeks ‘Minimally Manned’ Vehicles, Joint C2

Gen. James McConville wants to connect Army networks with the Air Force and replace some soldiers — not all — with automation.

V-280 Tiltrotor Can Fly Unmanned, Bell Says

V-280 Tiltrotor Can Fly Unmanned, Bell Says
V-280 Tiltrotor Can Fly Unmanned, Bell Says

The Army is skeptical that early models of the Future Vertical Lift aircraft will be able to fly unmanned. But Bell says it’s already flight-tested all the essential automation.

EXCLUSIVE The Army’s Got A Universal Robot Driver

EXCLUSIVE The Army’s Got A Universal Robot Driver
EXCLUSIVE The Army’s Got A Universal Robot Driver

The US Army is field-testing a robot brain so versatile it can drive both tanks and trucks — even British Army lorries with the steering wheel on the wrong side.

Sikorsky Be Nimble: S-97 Raider Shows Off For Army FARA

Sikorsky Be Nimble: S-97 Raider Shows Off For Army FARA
Sikorsky Be Nimble: S-97 Raider Shows Off For Army FARA

Flying sideways, backwards, in pirouettes, and in a markedly quiet stealth mode, the hybrid helicopter-turboprop demonstrated the maneuverability the Army considers essential to survive high-tech future battles with Russia or China.

300, 200, 100: V-280 Valor’s Latest Milestones

300, 200, 100: V-280 Valor’s Latest Milestones
300, 200, 100: V-280 Valor’s Latest Milestones

Bell’s prototype tiltrotor keeps pulling ahead of rivals — but the race to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk is far from over.