FORT BLISS, Texas (Nov. 10, 2014) - The Brigade Modernization Command has completed their latest field test of the second increment of the Warfighter Information Network-tactical communication system, a Force 2025 initiative that will push real-time intelligence down to a maneuver brigade's company level for the first time. Network Integration Evaluation 15.1 is the eighth … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 10, 2014) - The Army's general in charge of all things tied to the network said one of his top priorities is to build lighter communications systems. Lt. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell, the Army's chief information officer/G-6, spoke at the monthly Association of the U.S. Army Institute of Land Warfare breakfast yesterday, in Arlington, Virginia. … [Read more...]

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (Nov. 10, 2014) - In popular culture, the idea of robots that perform human-like functions has a special hold on the imagination, based on real-life examples like space exploration, unmanned aerial drones and stoked by futuristic scenarios in movies like the "Terminator" series. The military has used and experimented with robots that perform functions … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 7, 2014) - The Army and the RAND Corporation are working together to conduct a Soldier needs assessment survey, from September to December, at 45 Army installations. The survey, called "Today's Soldier Survey," is available online to randomly selected active-duty Soldiers, who will be notified by e-mail that they have been selected to … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 7, 2014, FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Maj. Gen. Wesley Craig, adjutant general of Pennsylvania, representatives from the Pennsylvania National Guard, elected officials, and members of Senate Builders and Leidos Engineering participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new aviation maintenance instruction building that will be part of the Eastern … [Read more...]