Land Warfare
The partnership will initially integrate onto Strykers, but as has an eye on future autonomous platforms.
By Andrew Eversden
The notice is part of a broader Army push to acquire assured PNT solutions for soldiers on the future battlefield.
By Andrew EversdenNew eBrief: AI and Edge Computing For Dispersed Forces and Next Generation Tactical Vehicles
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and edge computing are key enablers for distributed, multi-domain operations.
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and edge computing are key enablers for distributed, multi-domain operations.
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The Common Tactical Truck will be able to connect ports to forward operating positions, maybe with AI.
By Andrew Eversden
“After 20 years of war, we have a tremendous amount of excess,” said Maj. Gen. Chris Mohan, commanding general of Army Sustainment Command.
By Andrew Eversden
LMXT By Lockheed Martin: America’s Next Strategic Tanker
Offered in response to the Air Force’s KC-Y Program, Lockheed Martin’s American-built LMXT offers impressive capabilities and proven track-record.
Prior to the Army Digital Transformation Strategy, “What we lacked in the Army was an integrator… a unity of effort to modernize. That’s what the DTS is about,” CIO Raj Iyer said.
By Brad D. Williams
“The farther it flies, the faster it flies, because it’s scooping up more oxygen, and that also helps you to avoid detection,” a Boeing executive said of the Ramjet design.
By Valerie Insinna
Internet Operations Management Is Well Suited To Military Networks
IOM will enable Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Network to gain real-time visibility over all defense networks.
In his confirmation hearing to be the Army’s top acquisition official, Doug Bush noted that the Army’s expressed confidence in the service’s major modernization efforts but was wary of future challenges.
By Andrew Eversden
Army emphasized it “remains committed” to the $21 billion-plus program.
By Andrew Eversden
Brig. Gen. William Glaser, head of the Army’s Synthetic Training Environment effort, said his team is “very proud” of One World Terrain because it “really just started off as an idea within the simulations community, but it’s expanded out significantly into the operational community.”
By Theresa Hitchens
The service remains on pace to field an offensive hypersonic unit by fiscal 2023, general says.
By Andrew Eversden
As the Army races forward to take flight in its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA), Breaking Defense contributor and acquisition expert Bill Greenwalt sees too many troubling parallels with the Air Force’s infamous production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. With taxpayer dollars and Army tactical capabilities in the balance, he argues in the op-ed…
By Bill Greenwalt
Leonardo DRS’ AC²ES Assured Position, Navigation, and Timing solution for MFoCS-equipped tactical vehicles creates a bridging and interim capability to fill a gap.
By Barry Rosenberg
The Integrated Visual Augmentation System, part of a $21.88 billion contract, will now have its operational test in May 2022.
By Andrew Eversden
Block II Chinook: Still The Answer – Now And In The Future
With greater lift and increased commonality, the Army’s heavy-lift helicopter just keeps getting better
Ultrashort pulse lasers, which fire a trillion watts for one-quadrillionth of a second, are a technology too early for military use today. But that won’t always be the case, says Joe Shepherd of Booz Allen Hamilton.
By Joe Shepherd