NATICK, Mass. (June 11, 2015) - Researchers, at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, or NSRDEC, have devised new, more operationally-relevant ways to evaluate protective eyewear and soft-body armor. These new test methods and apparatus are transitioning to the Aberdeen Test Center, or ATC, and will be incorporated into standardized test operating … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 11, 2015) - Soldiers have put the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system, or UAS, through its paces this month using advanced ground controls. The exercise, conducted at the National Training Center, or NTC, on Fort Irwin, California, involved the One System Remote Video Terminal, or OSRVT, which allows Soldiers to take control of the … [Read more...]

FORT BLISS, Texas (June 8, 2015) - Teams, dedicated to fielding the Army's most advanced technologies, spend up to three quarters of their time traveling throughout the country. The mission at hand for system of Systems Engineering and Integration, Capability Package Directorate, is to create the architecture and design integration of capability sets, provide support to … [Read more...]

FORT MEADE, Md. (Army News Service, June 8, 2015) - The debut of the new noncommissioned officer, or NCO, evaluation report, or NCOER, expected as a cure for rating inflation, has been pushed to the new year. During an Army birthday town hall meeting with Soldiers, June 4, Sgt. Maj. of the Army, or SMA, Daniel A. Dailey said the new NCOER, which was originally slated for … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 8, 2015) - Increased competence, within the Army sustainment community, can make better use of limited, but adequate capacity, the assistant G-4 said. The Army spent nearly 14 years in Afghanistan and Iraq. Leaders in the Army sustainment community, who grew up in that environment, cut their teeth providing goods and materials through a … [Read more...]