WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 29, 2013) -- Beginning March 2014, the Army will take delivery of new artillery rounds which will be safer, but which will also deliver the same performance as those currently used, said an engineer who has tested them. "Cost, performance and IM" were the deciding factors in the Army choosing IMX-101 to replace trinitrotoluene, called TNT … [Read more...]

ORLANDO, Fla. (March 29, 2013) -- The U.S. Army and Intel Corporation entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to collaborate and optimize research in virtual training environments. Intel researchers have been developing technologies to scale user interaction, and they intend to focus on technologies to scale realism and immersion. As platform technology … [Read more...]

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (March 26, 2013) -- In an effort to better support the Army Force Generation cycle and assist the active and Reserve components in improving medical readiness throughout the Army Force Generation cycle, the Commanding General of Army Medical Command, Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, on July 8, 2012 directed the realignment of the regional medical readiness … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 26, 2013) -- Twenty-one Medal of Honor recipients who put their lives on the line in extraordinary ways and circumstances paid tribute to four citizen-heroes who also went above and beyond for their fellow man. The first Medal of Honor was presented March 25, 1863, to Union Army Pvt. Jacob Parrott. On the 150th anniversary of that event, … [Read more...]

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (March 25, 2013) -- The development of a new test asset for Army aviation sensors brings results and solutions at a faster pace. Named the Mobile Apache Sensors Telemetry Trailer, the new sensor test trailer, a collaborated development effort by the Apache Project Office and the Redstone Test Center's Aviation Flight Test Directorate, can travel … [Read more...]