AUGUST 9, 2016, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - Mission command, the exercise of authority by a commander to empower leaders to execute missions, is one of the most fundamental aspects of warfighting. Yet, the communications infrastructure that enables mission command is time-consuming to set up and operate, and it is decades old. Mobile and expeditionary command posts must be … [Read more...]
Vinson Completes V-22 Osprey Fleet Battle Experiment
AUGUST 8, 2016, PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) - Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) completed a Fleet Battle Experiment (FBE) for the future Navy variant CMV-22B Osprey. Commander, Naval Air Forces conducted the FBE, July 22 through Aug. 4. The experiment explored, analyzed and documented the characteristics of operating a detachment of MV-22s for the carrier strike group as a … [Read more...]
DARPA: Autonomous Bug-Hunting Bots Will Lead to Improved Cybersecurity
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 8, 2016 - This week, seven teams whose cyber reasoning bots played in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Cyber Grand Challenge proved that machines by themselves could find and fix software safety problems in a simplified version of the code used everywhere, every day. The world’s first all-machine hacking tournament wasn’t the answer to all … [Read more...]
Omega-3 Supplementation Study Aims to Give Soldiers a Cognitive Advantage
AUGUST 8, 2016, FORT BENNING, Ga. - Second lieutenants entering the Infantry Basic Officer Leaders Course at Fort Benning can now participate in a study that will determine if omega-3 supplementation improves cognitive processes in high-performing warfighters. The Ranger Resilience and Improved Performance on phospholipid bound Omega-3s study, conducted by the Medical … [Read more...]
Camp Pendleton Conducts Citadel Rumble 2016
AUGUST 8, 2016, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Installations – West, conducted Exercise Citadel Rumble 2016, Aug. 2-5,2016. Exercise Citadel Rumble is an integrated disaster response and recovery exercise for emergency response plans, polices, and procedures as they pertain to an all-hazards event. “The … [Read more...]