The Navy's hypersonic weapon test will determine the way forward for the Army's ground-launched hypersonic weapon capability.
BAE demonstrated its ability to swap mission equipment packages rapidly at the Association of the U.S. Army's Global Force Symposium.
The Army's conventional fires study is leading the service to focus on munitions range and capacity as well as more mobile and autonomous systems.
The Army's new plan for watercraft has a joint focus and will use autonomous and robotic technology.
The Army is rapidly pursuing launched effects to deliver surveillance, reconnaissance, targeting, network and lethal capabilities to a modern force.
Land Warfare Reporter Jen Judson talks to Maj. Gen. Richard “Ross” Coffman of U.S. Army Futures Command.
More Stories The Army's new plan for watercraft has a joint focus and will use autonomous and robotic technology. The Army is rapidly pursuing launched effects to deliver surveillance, reconnaissance, targeting, network and lethal capabilities to a modern force. The Army's All-Domain Sensing Cross-Functional Team will focus on the challenge of building an architecture of sensors that can rapidly distribute data. Saab is in the process of selecting a site, having issued a request for proposals. Six states are in the running. But before it works, the service must break from antiquated acquisition processes that prevent rapid purchases and slow down deliveries to soldiers. Army acquisition chief Doug Bush said the service is the "biggest player" in the first tranche of the Pentagon's Replicator effort. Footage showed an Altius-700M shooting out of a ground-based launcher, cutting through the air and then crashing into a mock surface-to-air missile system. The Army will come together with joint partners this summer to tackle how to sustain forces during the first few months of large-scale combat operations. Three phases of the OWT prototype project were previously said to be worth nearly $95 million. Locking in on the same drone year after year may not make sense amid rapidly changing circumstances, he said. The US Army is preparing to conduct one of the largest logistics exercises in recent history at Talisman Sabre in Australia. Key service official wants to make light units more survivable and increase their combat punch. "Gone are the days when we had everything down to your favorite ice cream," warns Gen. Charles Hamilton. Northrop Grumman is sending Integrated Battle Command System relays to its first customer, while preparing for full-rate production for the U.S. Army. Load More