Defense Systems
At Black Dart, military takes the battle to drones
The large-scale exercise, involving all the military services, industry and some allies, seeks to refine defenses against a growing threat.
Business
Two Women Advance To Final Phase of Army Ranger School
Of the three women still vying to graduate from the first gender-integrated course for the Army’s elite, two moved on to the swamp stage. One gets another shot.
Defense Systems
Army WAVES off the mobile disconnect
The software connects disparate radios, phones and PCs, enabling communications between U.S. military, coalition and emergency response units.
Ideas
Force 2025 and Beyond: How the Army Is Preparing for Its Future
Over the past year, the Army has refined its vision, its operating concept, and its strategy for comprehensive change. Here’s how they all fit together.
Defense Systems
For DOD, building the cyber force is a team game
The cyber force is only halfway towards its personnel goal, but members are making marginal strides in training, recruitment and defining roles in the emerging operational domain.
Defense Systems
Warfare 2050: robots, augmented humans and force fields
An Army-sponsored workshop examined what the battlefield of future decades could look like based on current trends, technologies and trajectories.
Defense Systems
Hackathon helps improve DARPA’s Plan X
The program looks to make it easier to visualize a network and recognize malicious activity.
Defense Systems
With new night-vision goggles, soldiers don't need a scope to aim
The system wirelessly connects the goggles with a weapon-mounted sight, allowing soldiers to shoot from the hip or around corners without exposing themselves.
Science & Tech
In The War of 2050, The Robots Call The Shots
An Army-sponsored workshop on the future of war produces a mashed-up vision of swarmbots, cyborgs, and technology run wild.
Defense Systems
Army's new command-posts-to-go support expeditionary maneuvers
Engineers design three mobile command posts that get forces up and running quickly.
Business
Prospective Army Chief Supports Arming Recruiters
Gen. Mark Milley, Obama’s nominee to become Army chief of staff, says measures are being taken to protect recruiters, like the ones targeted in last week’s attack.
Defense Systems
Army connects VSATs to speed up battlefield logistics support
The commonly used small satellite terminals can provide real-time IP links to the Global Combat Support Systems-Army.
Ideas
Three Women Advance, Inspire at US Army’s Ranger School
As the trio work their way through the Mountain phase, others across the Army watch, wait, and hope for their shot at the elite special operators course.
Defense Systems
Army's new war game to focus on tech, innovations
The service will replace one NIE a year with the more innovation-focused Army Warfighting Assessment.
Business
Three Women Advance to Next Phase of Army Ranger School
The last of the 19 women who began the first gender-integrated course for the Army’s elite Rangers will move on to the mountain stage.
Defense Systems
Army addressing an emerging threat: drones as IEDs
The service has adapted missile defense technology to defend against small drones that could pose a threat to friendly forces or infrastructure.
Defense Systems
Army deploys 'flying command post' for paratroopers
The EMC2 system provides lets paratroopers plan missions en route and get live views of a landing zone right up to the time of a jump.
Defense Systems
Army's exoskeleton improves marksmanship
ARL's MAXFAS reduces involuntary tremors and improve the shooting proficiency of soldiers.
Defense Systems
Military enlists private sector to build cyber mission force
The U.S. Cyber Command and the Army are courting assistance in training and capabilities.
Defense Systems