Israel’s IWI unveils new ‘computerized’ Arbel firing system for rifles, LMGs
The system is meant to automatically release rounds with a greater chance of hitting the target.
eBullet Brings Richer Realism To Army Training; No More Laser Tag
A new training network will simulate the effects of weapons — from mortars and grenades to, potentially, germ warfare — and tell troops if they’re “killed” or “wounded,” then play the whole exercise back for AI analysis. One Army engineer told us: “We’ve never been able to train this stuff, never.”
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
COVID-19 Won’t Slow New Army Weapons: McCarthy, Murray, Jette
While some prototype deliveries and field tests are being delayed, Army leaders said, there’s enough slack in the schedule that combat units will still get the new tech on time.
Soldiers Test Israeli Tech To Stop Friendly Fire
US and UK soldiers tried out the Israeli-made Safe Shoot in field exercise at Fort Benning. The results were… mixed.
Israeli Gunmaker IWI Targets US Special Ops Contract
The Negev can fire over 700 rounds a minute in full-auto -- a bit less than the M249 -- or, it can be switched to semi-auto for highly accurate single shots. It already comes in 5.56mm and 7.62mm variants, and IWI says it could be easily reconfigured to take different calibers.
Army Issues Next-Gen Targeting Goggles
A week from today, the first combat unit will get new ENVG-B goggles, which combine binocular night vision with computer-assisted cross-hairs linked wirelessly to the rifle. It's a test case for the Army's new high-speed approach to modernization.
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Next-generation C2 won’t be next-gen without the network transport
The network transport architecture for NGC2 could be a hybrid approach that combines high assurance communications with 5G, WiFi, and multi-orbit satellites.
Textron Preps For Mass Production Of New Army Rifle
Textron is not just betting it will win the Next Generation Squad Weapons contract: It’s betting the Army will want to start buying in bulk ASAP. That’s not a bad bet.
Mattis’s Infantry Task Force: Righting ‘A Generational Wrong’
Retired Maj. Gen. Bob Scales is the former commandant of the Army War College, a Vietnam veteran (and recipient of the Silver Star for valor) turned military historian and futurist. He’s also one of the fathers of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’s Close Combat Lethality Task Force to reform the infantry. In this op-ed, Scales goes […]
Army Moves $25B To Big Six, From New Tanks To 6.8mm Rifle
The Army plans to move at least $25 billion over the next five years from low-priority programs to preparing for major war. That includes developing a wide variety of new weapons, from high-speed aircraft, to partially-robotic armored vehicles, to a long-ranged 6.8 millimeter rifle to replace the venerable M16/M4 family and its controversial 5.56 mm round.
Smart Rifles For Foot Soldiers: Army NGSW Prototype Contracts Out In June
The Army is just weeks away from awarding contracts to begin buying prototypes of new infantry weapons, with live-fire tests next year.
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Keeping sensitive information safe in a new AI era
Why edge and endpoint security can’t be an afterthought.
Guns, Drones, & Augmented Reality: Army Seeks Infantry Revolution
The catch, of course, is that the Army's tried to field all these things before -- and failed. Why would things go any better this time around? Brig. Gen. Christopher Donahue has an answer for that.
Batteries, Bullets, & Drones: Commandant’s Wishlist For Infantry Task Force
What's the one technology the Marine Corps Commandant wants more than any other for his riflemen? It wasn't an amphibious vehicle, more JLTVs, a new rifle or friggin' lasers. It is "a smart way to recharge batteries," Gen. Robert Neller told reporters.
Mattis Upguns Infantry: Task Force To Invest Over $1B
PENTAGON: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a former Marine Corps rifle platoon leader, wants better technology and training to keep frontline foot troops alive. He sent a Feb. 8 memo (below) to the Joint Chiefs, service chiefs, combatant commanders, and other top officials to create a Close Combat Lethality Task Force, applying the kind of top-level […]
Army Hopes For $6.8B From FY18 Budget Deal: 70% For Modernization
UPDATED: Adds SecArmy Esper Roundtable PENTAGON: The figures aren’t final, but the Army hopes to get about $6.8 billion in additional funding for fiscal year 2018 thanks to the recently concluded budget deal, Army Secretary Mark Esper said this morning. The service’s new plan would start delivering a Next Generation Squad Weapon to the infantry […]