DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah (July 11, 2014) - Last month within the mountainous terrain of The Great Salt Lake Desert at Dugway Proving Ground Utah, the U.S. Army conducted flight testing of an unmanned airborne electronic attack capability known as NERO, or the Networked Electronic Warfare Remotely Operated. The NERO project has conducted engineering analysis and aircraft … [Read more...]

FORT DETRICK, Md. (July 9, 2014) - A team of scientists scans the surface of severely burned skin, creates a three-dimensional map of the wound with a laser, and then prints skin cells onto the patient using a 3-D bioprinter. Medical specialists are developing methods to transition this research from the laboratory to clinical trials. The U.S. Army is a significant … [Read more...]

FORT HOOD, Texas (July 9, 2014) - Maj. Chrissy Cook made history in the 1st Cavalry Division two weeks ago when she led her Bradley crew to "Top Gun" status during gunnery, making her the first female Bradley commander to do so. Cook, an engineer officer and S-3 for 3rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, who led her crew to a top score … [Read more...]

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. (July 9, 2014) - Covering over 1,250 miles a day in scorching desert heat, Soldiers successfully completed the second of two rigorous developmental tests to evaluate improvements to the Army's high capacity, mobile tactical communications network backbone, Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2. "I deployed to Afghanistan for … [Read more...]

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (July 8, 2014) - A Soldier at a forward operating base needs the proper form to recommend an award for a fellow Soldier. He goes online, opens a form, fills in the blanks and hits "PRINT." Easy. Another Soldier at a forward operating base needs a part for a weapon trigger assembly. Spare parts are not in storage. He goes online, opens the … [Read more...]