Army Wants New Aerial Scouts For Major War (Hello, Russia!)
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These special squadrons would probably be the first units to get the revolutionary Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) the service wants flying by the mid-2020s to replace conventional helicopters.
Army Warhead Is Key To Joint Hypersonics
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While officials as senior as Chief of Staff Mark Milley have previously talked about Army hypersonics in general terms, today’s statements by both the Army’s Russell and OSD’s Miller were unequivocal: The Army wants a ground-launched hypersonic weapon.
Lockheed Takes Another Shot at Multi Domain War
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A year after running a war game across multiple domains, the defense giant’s planners are at it again — with a new plan, and new tech.
Killer Angel On Your Shoulder: Army’s Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft
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Manned air and ground forces would work together and protect each other along the front line, while relatively expendable drones and missiles go deep into enemy airspace.
Army Boosts Electronic Warfare Numbers, Training, Role
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AUSA: The Army is giving its electronic warfare force more troops, more training, and a more prominent role in combat headquarters, senior officers said here Thursday, pushing back on criticisms that the service neglects EW even as Russia and China pull ahead. The number of EW troops has increased from 813 (both officers and enlisted)… Keep reading →
Busting The Green Door: Army SIGINT Refocuses On Russia & China
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Over 17 years of fighting terrorists and insurgents, “our SIGINT forces mastered the art and science of identifying and tracking individual threats with pinpoint precision,” Lt. Gen. Berrier said. “We now face a significant challenge on a much larger scale.”
Lockheed Tees Up MDC2 Wargame; Sells AI C2 System
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A new command and control system Lockheed is selling to an unnamed international customer includes automated “enemy intent analysis.” So, the Diamond Shield system takes the enormous amount of data gathered by the system, uses Artificial Intelligence to analyze it and tells commanders what it thinks the enemy will do.
Sea Dragon II: Streamline Marine Logistics For Future War
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The concepts the Warfighting Lab comes up with aren’t holy writ, but rather a baseline for young Marines to build on, “a point from which to deviate,” said Maj. J.B. Persons, a special projects officer at MCWL. “Give Marines new tools or toys, and they’ll surprise you every time.”
EXCLUSIVE: What Multi Domain C2 May Look Like: Raytheon’s Rick Yuse
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The video will give you an idea of what may become the combat center of the future, but one dispersed around the world, instead of being concentrated in a few hyper-secure (but potentially targetable) facilities.
AI Logistics Let Combat Units Move Faster: Uptake’s DIUX Contract
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The Army needs to figure out how to support the forces it has more efficiently so they can maneuver more freely, with less frequent pit stops for maintenance or supply runs for repair parts. That’s where Uptake’s AI comes in.