Army Can Manage Both Mideast & Great Powers: Sec. Esper
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The Army can cope with regional dangers like Iran even as it refocuses on Russia and China, the secretary said. In fact, he said, the Army’s controversial modernization program will help with both sets of threats.
Army Will Rent Base Networks, But Never Battlefield
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The Army will effectively rent back-office IT “as a service” from contractors, allowing it to focus on modernizing the front-line network.
Let The (War) Games Begin: Army Buying High-Tech Training Sims
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After decades using the same clunky simulators, the Army is about to buy new sims drawing on the latest innovations in online gaming.
FARA: Why AVX Has A Shot At Army Scout
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Dark horse design house AVX has never built a complete aircraft. The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition just might change that.
Army Will Cull Hypersonic & Laser Weapons Portfolios: Jette & Murray
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While Congress wrestles with CH-47 cuts, Army leaders are already looking ahead to hard decisions on high tech.
IBCS: Northrop Delivers New Army Missile Defense Command Post
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After years of tests, setbacks, and painstaking fixes, the Army has its first fire-control center for a radically new kind of missile defense.
Beyond Chinook: Army Secretary Challenges Industry To Revolutionize Heavy Lift
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A light scout and a mid-size transport remain Army aviation’s top two priorities, Secretary Mark Esper said, but industry needs to start thinking about the next heavy-lift aircraft and stop fighting against cuts to the venerable CH-47.
Simulating A Super Brain: Artificial Intelligence In Wargames
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It’s one thing to wargame the impact of faster jets, bigger bombs, or tougher tanks. But how do you simulate something that’s smarter than you are?
How AI Could Change The Art Of War
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Time-honored principles of command get weird when you add the fundamentally alien thinking of an artificial intelligence.
FARA: Army Awards 5 Design Contracts; Winner Enters Production in 2028
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Awards for Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft designs went to Bell, Boeing, Karem, Sikorsky, and a partnership of AVX and L-3.