DefenceTalkThe Army is one step closer to marrying body armor and parachutes thanks to recent test jumps with a select few paratroopers here. In February, the Bragg-based Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate trained two-dozen scout paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, how to properly wear the new T-11 parachute […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-tests-new-parachutes-with-latest-body-armor-47266/

DefenceTalkThe Army learned the art of adaptation throughout the last 12 years of war, but is now moving into a period of innovation that will require critical investments for the force of the future. “Adaptation is driven by some emergency and arguably what we’ve done for the last dozen years at war,” said Lt. Gen. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-entering-period-of-innovation-critical-investments-47260/

DefenceTalkResearchers at one of China’s top universities collaborated with a Chinese army unit accused of carrying out hacking attacks on the United States, academic papers published online show. The elite Shanghai Jiaotong University conducted network security research with People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Unit 61398, the co-authored papers accessed by AFP Sunday reveal. A US security […]https://www.defencetalk.com/papers-link-top-china-university-to-army-hacking-unit-47252/

DefenceTalkArmy electronic warfare is an evolving capability for the Army. Col. Jim Ekvall, the Headquarters, Department of the Army G-39 Electronic Warfare Division chief, had the opportunity to speak at the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement Electronic Warfare Summit, March 19, which just so happened to be the tenth anniversary of the beginning of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-electronic-warfare-evolutionary-path-presented-at-ew-summit-47244/

DefenceTalkThe Army is developing a new Advanced Multi-Purpose 120mm tank round that combines six different capabilities into a single round, service officials said. The Advanced Multi-Purpose, or AMP, is ready to enter into the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase after a prototype successfully demonstrated Technology Readiness Level 6 through a science and technology program at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-developing-new-120mm-amp-tank-round-47228/

DefenceTalkWith two units now readying for Afghanistan with the Army’s new tactical communications network, the service will continue to drive technology forward through its next Network Integration Evaluation this spring. Soldier training, vehicle integration, system check-outs and other preparations are well underway in advance of Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE, 13.2, which begins in May […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-prepares-for-next-network-integration-evaluation-47169/

DefenceTalkArmy planners are rethinking how their service will acquire 700 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters over the next 14 years in light of declining procurement budgets. InsideDefense reported on March 6 that the Army’s fiscal 2014 budget request will defer any new production of the service’s airborne tank-killer until 2018 at the earliest, relying entirely on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/budget-cuts-force-army-to-delay-production-of-new-apache-helicopters-47156/

DefenceTalkAerial demonstrations have been halted. Army band performances and the Army Birthday Ball are canceled. Communities across America are seeing less of the United States Army because of sequestration. The across-the-board budget cuts are drastically impacting a very visible mission of the Army, engaging and interacting with the American people. The Army has a wide […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-outreach-cut-by-sequestration-47166/

DefenceTalkArmy commands can start thinking now about submitting study proposals to the Army Study Program Management Office for consideration this summer. Meghan Mariman, director of the Army Study Program Management Office, known as ASPMO, which is part of G-8 at the Pentagon, said that each year, her office pays for about 30 studies at the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-studies-range-from-virtual-marksmanship-to-waste-water-reuse-47081/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army’s Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system recently completed a successful initial operational testing and evaluation at the Army’s National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. During the initial operational testing and evaluation, or IOT&E, the Gray Eagle platform was operated from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and employed in an operational and realistic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/gray-eagle-completes-initial-operational-testing-evaluation-47057/