APRIL 22, 2020 - Within six to eight weeks, the Army wants to deploy more than 10,000 affordable, low-maintenance ventilators to help COVID-19 patients, says a top Army researcher, based on designs from the Army’s new virtual “Shark Tank-like” competition. The COVID-19 Ventilator Challenge, a variant of the Army’s “xTechSearch” contest, was first announced earlier this … [Read more...]

APRIL 17, 2020 - With nearly 1,000 soldiers now tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Army is continuing to ramp up its testing efforts, particularly for new recruits at training posts. Starting next week, one of the Army's largest training posts — Fort Jackson, South Carolina — will be able to conduct about 700 tests each day for the virus after receiving new … [Read more...]

APRIL 16, 2020 - To the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command personnel who run the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site in the South Pacific, the March 19 successful test of the Army and Navy jointly developed hypersonic glide body is the most recent test supported by RTS. Information gathered from the test and future experiments will further inform the … [Read more...]

APRIL 13, 2020 - The Army has mobilized eight Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces to the New York area to support the coronavirus relief efforts and curb the spread of disease, senior Army leaders said Friday. Four task forces are helping in New York City, three are going to hospitals in New Jersey and another to Connecticut. Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy … [Read more...]

APRIL 10, 2020 - As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, many civilian medical providers’ capabilities are being stretched thin. To help fill this gap, the Army has deployed its own medical professionals to the field, and are now calling on former Soldiers to join the battle. Last month, the Army reached out to approximately 800,000 retired Soldiers, gray-area Soldiers and … [Read more...]