JULY 26, 2021 - Twelve Soldier-athletes of the World Class Athlete Program are representing Team USA and the Army at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games that kicked off July 23. Nine Soldiers will be competing and three are coaching for Team USA. 1st Lt. Amber English will be competing in women’s skeet. English qualified for the games at the 2020 U.S. Team Trials. English is … [Read more...]
Marines Adopt Army Autonomous Software for ROGUE Vehicles
JULY 26, 2021 - U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC), through its Remote Technology Kernel (RTK) technology, is supporting the U.S. Marine Corps with an autonomy solution for its latest innovation to integrate ground based, anti-ship weapons into its arsenal—a remotely operated, unmanned vehicle. The Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary (ROGUE) … [Read more...]
Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle Undergoes Rigorous Testing
JULY 23, 2021 - The M113 Armored Personnel Carrier and its variants are iconic vehicles in mechanized infantry history. First fielded in 1962, the M113 was ubiquitous during the conflict in Vietnam and has seen service in virtually every American military action in the ensuing decades. Though largely surpassed in both use and operation by the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, … [Read more...]
Army Researchers Examine Solutions For Improving Aircraft Engines
JULY 22, 2021 — A team of Army and academic researchers reviewed a decade worth of studies examining fundamental physics in order to improve aircraft engine performance under extreme conditions. Military aircraft operate in demanding environments, such as sand, dust clouds, runway debris and even volcanic ash. Micro-particles from these hazards can wreak havoc on gas turbine … [Read more...]
New Material Could Mean Lightweight Armor, Protective Coatings
JULY 20, 2021 - Army-funded research identified a new material that may lead to lightweight armor, protective coatings, blast shields and other impact-resistant structures. Researchers at the U.S. Army’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Caltech and ETH Zürich found that materials formed from precisely patterned nanoscale … [Read more...]