NOVEMBER 17, 2020 - The Army plans to publish a new solicitation for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle next month, as it prepares to take the next step in delivering a new, advanced technology armored vehicle to support mechanized infantry operations on the future battlefield. The competitive request for proposal is expected to be released on or about Dec. 18, said … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 16, 2020 - The 152nd Army Uniform Board will convene on Nov. 18 to consider multiple issues, including changes to maternity clothing articles for expecting and new mothers. Specifically, the board is scheduled to make decisions on the Army Green Service Uniform-Maternity and a lactation shirt for the Maternity Utility Uniform in the Operational Combat Pattern. In … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 16, 2020 - The third Capability Set of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) was tested at Fort Pickett by 82nd Airborne Soldiers and 25th Marines during October 2020. The project uses Soldier Centered Design (SCD) to evaluate the IVAS military fighting goggle through operational evaluations. Soldier involvement and engagement at every stage of prototype … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 13, 2020 - A new machine learning algorithm, developed with Army funding, can isolate patterns in brain signals that relate to a specific behavior and then decode it, potentially providing Soldiers with behavioral-based feedback. “The impact of this work is of great importance to Army and DOD in general, as it pursues a framework for decoding behaviors from brain … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 12, 2020 - The National Museum of the U.S. Army celebrated its grand opening on an overcast Veterans Day in an empty auditorium on Wednesday afternoon. Army leaders paid tribute to the sacrifices of Soldiers during a ceremony that was closed to the public due to pandemic safety restrictions. The museum highlights the individual stories of Soldiers, from accounts … [Read more...]