AUGUST 26, 2019 - Army leaders met with industry partners Tuesday to focus on new ways to outfit Soldiers with lighter weight, wireless, and tech-compatible systems, looking at revamping the Adaptive Squad Architecture. "For years, dismounted Soldiers have been overburdened by equipment which, while highly effective, often isn't integrated with other equipment," said Brig. … [Read more...]

AUGUST 23, 2019 - The Army is advancing its ground-based precision navigation and timing, or PNT, technology to counter spoofing threats and improve operations in a multi-domain environment. While GPS continues to be the "gold standard" for PNT capabilities, it can be disrupted from a number of frequency interferences such as weather, and man-made or natural terrain, said … [Read more...]

AUGUST 23, 2019 - The U.S. Army has drawn up a sweeping overhaul of how it will train Soldiers in using small arms -- rifles, pistols and automatic rifles -- a revamp that adds tougher standards and combat-like rigor to training and testing marksmanship. The combat-oriented revamp replaces a training system that dates to the Cold War era. It's geared to ensuring that every … [Read more...]

AUGUST 22, 2019 - While automakers and other industries are good at streamlining their processes to incorporate the latest technologies and roll out new models in a relatively short time to stay ahead of the competition, the Army traditionally has been slow to identify and field new capabilities, Acting Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy said. McCarthy spoke at the Foundation … [Read more...]

AUGUST 21, 2019 - The Army's Patriot Air Defense battalions are upgrading their fire-control computers, communications, radars and operator interfaces while adding more capable missiles in a refit that is scheduled to continue through 2021. "Right now we're conducting the most significant Patriot modernization since the early 1990s," said Col. Mark A. Holler, commandant of … [Read more...]