WASHINGTON (Army News Service, August 6, 2014) - The Army has confirmed what Soldiers have been hearing rumors of for months now -- a new camouflage pattern for combat uniforms is on the way with a number of improvements. Beginning in the fall of 2015, the Army will begin issuing to new Soldiers an Army Combat Uniform that bears the Operational Camouflage Pattern. That same … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug, 6 2014) - Army researchers are working on developing vaccines for the deadly Ebola virus, as well as combating the spread of the virus and caring for those who are infected. The virus has recently killed more than 800 in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. One of these researchers is Dr. Randal J. Schoepp, a diagnostics specialist and chief … [Read more...]

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (August 5, 2014) - As new technologies are introduced into the Army's network, they are evaluated during semi-annual, Soldier-driven operational exercises in the mountains and desert of Fort Bliss, Texas, and White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Though the Soldier-executed test is the focus of these Network Integration Evaluations, know as … [Read more...]

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Aug. 5, 2014) - Leading experts in military combat-vehicle research, engineering and design gathered July 29-31 to discuss a single goal: reducing the weight of the Army's tanks and infantry fighting vehicles by 40 percent in the coming decades. Representatives from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command as well as the … [Read more...]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (August 05, 2014, 2014) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville today released a request for proposals for the first solar technology task order to be awarded against the $7 billion renewable and alternative energy power production for Department of Defense installations multiple award task order contract. The … [Read more...]