JULY 27, 2022 - The 414th Combat Training Squadron and the Federal Aviation Administration have collaborated to expand the available training area during exercise Red Flag-Nellis 22-3 by almost three times the size as prior iterations. This is the first Red Flag exercise featuring dedicated fifth-generation aggressors, who are using longer-range offensive and defensive … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2022
Army Develops Future Soldier Preparatory Course
JULY 27, 2022 - In response to the most challenging recruiting environment since the start of the all-volunteer force in 1973, the Army is implementing an innovative new program to prepare recruits who are en-route to initial military training to meet or exceed our rigorous standards. The Future Soldier Preparatory Course pilot program, which is set to start in early August … [Read more...]
Low-Cost Tech Shaping Modern Battlefield
JULY 27, 2022 - In his 38 years as a soldier, across theaters ranging from the Middle East to Europe, the commander of Special Operations Command says he never had to look up. But those days are ending. "I never had to look up because the U.S. always maintained air superiority," Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke said during a discussion Friday at the Aspen Security Forum in … [Read more...]
Deputy Secretary of Defense Supports CHIPS-Plus Act
JULY 26, 2022 - Our military has a dependency on advanced microelectronics. Whether it’s the Javelins we saw down in Alabama, or the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that Lockheed Martin puts out, to our nuclear-weapons forces. And of course, as we look ahead to the future on emerging technologies- just as Jim said- quantum, A.I., hypersonics, 5G, 6G, next G – all of that is … [Read more...]
Technology Provides Warfighters with Decisive Edge
JULY 26, 2022 - Seventeen Marines, Airmen and Sailors gathered at Aberdeen Proving Ground for 12 days in June to show how advanced software working in concert with advanced Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) technologies can create a next-generation threat warning and protection capability on the battlefield. The exercise culminated in a demonstration for … [Read more...]