Army Equipment Modernization Strategy

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Army updating Unified Network Plan after it has ‘far exceeded’ current goals: Service network chief - Breaking Defense

Currently, the Army has nine various organizational networks and is on its way to creating one cohesive network.

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Army redesignates program executive office amid push for network modernization

The Army’s organization responsible for outfitting units with network equipment underwent a name change and redesignation.

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Pentagon taps Hughes to develop 5G O-RAN prototype at Fort Bliss

The Defense Department announced that Hughes Network Systems has received a $6.5 billion contract to develop an O-RAN prototype at Fort Bliss, Texas.

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This looks interesting:

SSW40, an Automatic Grenade Launcher Debut at DSEI 2023 - Defense Update:

Rheinmetall is introducing at DSEI 2023 a new Squad Support Weapon (SSW) designed to fire 40mm grenade ammunition As fire jsupport weapon for infantry squads. SSW is an automatic, magazine-loaded, shoulder fired grenade launcher, with a size and weight similar to an assault rifle.

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I saw an 30mm one being offered, which made no sense to me and I couldn't help but think "SWEET! Now if only it were in 40mm to match the hundreds of millions of 40mm grenades in our/NATO inventory! Hope Ukrainians like that 30mm grenade-rifle with XM157 FCS that nobody's purchasing for them?!?!?"
But, I'm glad to see they are at least offering us an 40mm variant...

 

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Small fleet, fewer flights weaken Army aircraft training, report says

The main trends point to fewer helicopters, fewer flight hours, but more drones and aircraft available for missions.

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Army's next-gen command and control program will be a 'clean slate'

The Army is looking to do things differently in pursing Next Generation Command and Control, to include iterative and updated "characteristics of needs" documents to industry.

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Army, Marine Corps want more ground vehicle simulators

It’s a lot cheaper to blow up or damage a simulation than the real thing.

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New Army-funded tech creates realistic terrain, avatars in simulations

The same institute created Oscar-winning facial scanning tech for major Hollywood films like "Blade Runner 2049" and "Avatar."

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Army looking to expand aerial tier of network to gain more feedback

The Army wants to continue experimenting with network and command-and-control tools aboard aerial platforms.

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Army wargame to test cargo drones and live logistics data

The service is also looking into casualty evacuation by drone.

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‘Waste to value’: Inside cutting-edge DARPA efforts to make food out of trash and gasses

DefenseScoop was briefed on ways the agency is creatively tackling contemporary challenges around food logistics.

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US Army tests solar drone that could fly for months in stratosphere

The US Army is testing a new solar-driven drone that can fly for months in the stratosphere, carrying a 150-lb payload and 1.5 kW of power.

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LIFT Aircraft selected by US Army for blood delivery system

A novel autonomous aerial blood and casualty evacuation module is being jointly developed by LIFT Aircraft and Near Earth Autonomy under a new US Army contract.

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How a US armor brigade is applying lessons from Ukraine

The 1st Armored BCT rigged an old satellite dish to emit like a command post—and ensnared the opposing force.

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1st ..seen software being slowed by ambient heat..

 

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Army looking to streamline and speed up helicopter refuel and resupply

As it prepares for conventional war, the Army is rethinking how it will refuel and rearm its aircraft.

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BAE Systems to Produce More Beowulf Vehicles for US Army

BAE Systems has received $68 million in contracts to manufacture 44 additional Beowulf Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicles for the US Army.

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This Army unit is the first to field new company and battalion drones

The new drones fit different mission profiles at the tactical level.

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Autonomy changes everything about combat engineering - Breaking Defense

Sending robotic vehicles into the breach saves lives by removing humans from one of the most dangerous places on the battlefield.

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Army to competitively develop Next-Gen Command-and-Control prototype

The Army plans to begin competitive prototyping of a next-generation battlefield command-and-control system this spring.

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Army two-star general talks Watervliet expansion, finding secondary cannon tube producers - Breaking Defense

The service believes it could have multiple sources forging cannon tubes within 12 to 18 months.

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The defense policy bill is handing the Army a to-do list

Add anti-drone systems, make robotic targets, pick a point PEO for open source software—and more in the 2025 NDAA.

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Army anticipates return of repaired logistics vessel prototype by month’s end - Breaking Defense

The service wants to get the MSV-L into the US Indo-Pacific theater by the April-June timeframe to resume experimentation and follow-on testing.

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Army to Field Roving Battery Packs in Bid to Trim Fossil-Fuel Use

Green initiatives include testing wheeled, multi-ton battery packs and building energy microgrids at Army installations world-wide by 2035.

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Eyeing a new autonomous launcher prototyping initiative, Army checking out industry options - Breaking Defense

At least two companies are showing off their unmanned launchers for the service, while a one-star general says he is closely following the USMC’s ROGUE Fires program.

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CACI contracts with US Army to develop and test demonstration satellite payloads

Reston VA (SPX) Feb 07, 2023 - CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI) signed a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center (USASMDC-TC) to further th

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General Atomics Refines Long-Range Maneuvering Projectile - Naval News

General Atomics is leveraging its experiences in hypersonic, railgun, and drone development in a new precision artillery round.

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Army to soldiers: Get small drones back in the air, don’t worry about the red tape (as much) - Breaking Defense

The service hopes a new memo and policy document revamp will ease soldier hesitation about losing smaller drones and the time-consuming investigation that often follows.

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“When you think about the way Ukraine is using UAS … if we were in that scenario, even if they were expensive, we would be writing a memorandum to say, ‘You know, I launched 100 UAS, and 15 came back, and I watched them on a combat mission, and they didn’t return.’ That would be my relief statement,” she added. “We have got to get the muscle memory going on that, so that people understand it will be acceptable in the future to do that.”

 

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Army releases Unified Network Plan 2.0, honing in on multi-domain fighting, zero trust - Breaking Defense

In the years since the first version of the plan, "a confluence of emerging technologies and events has transformed the world into a multidomain, persistently contested information environment that demands a far more data-centric approach to harness the power of the Army Network to fight and...

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