DefenceTalkArmy researchers, scientists and engineers are moving forward to develop aviation technology solutions to support future Soldiers. “Aviation is key to our ability to accomplish a wide range of missions in complex environments, as well as being a cornerstone of Army lethality,” said Maj. Gen. John F. Wharton, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-seeks-to-boost-aircraft-performance-survivability-63368/

DefenceTalkParatroopers, with U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, performed the largest U.S. airborne mission north of the Arctic Circle in more than a decade during Exercise Spartan Pegasus 15, Feb. 24. This exercise demonstrated their unique ability to rapidly mass power on an objective in extremely cold and austere […]https://www.defencetalk.com/exercise-spartan-pegasus-demonstrates-joint-military-partnership-63343/

DefenceTalkFive female Soldiers out of 26 Service members graduated from the first-ever, gender-integrated Ranger Training Assessment Course, or RTAC, which qualifies them to go on to the Army’s Ranger course, beginning in late April. The training is a pre-Ranger course that is mandatory for all female Soldiers, as well as many male Soldiers, said Maj. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/female-soldiers-pass-initial-test-prepare-for-rigors-of-ranger-course-62861/

DefenceTalkThe Army has seen recent innovations in how it operates — from Pacific Pathways and network experimentation to greater interoperability with European partners. But the pace of innovations needs to pick up if the Army and the joint force are to continue to maintain their edge against enemies who are also increasingly becoming adaptive and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-needs-increased-innovation-to-retain-overmatch-advantage-62646/

DefenceTalkThe Army’s Rapid Equipping Force, or REF, created in 2002 to more quickly meet the materiel needs of commanders operating in Afghanistan, was officially transferred, Jan. 30, to the Army Training and Doctrine Command, also known as TRADOC. Lt. Gen. Kevin W. Mangum, deputy commanding general of TRADOC, presided over the REF patch ceremony at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rapid-equipping-force-moves-under-tradoc-62643/

DefenceTalkIncluded within the $126.5 billion the Army has asked for in its fiscal 2016 base annual budget, is some $230 million for professional military education for Soldiers. The request represents an increase of about 21 percent over the $190 million the Army asked for last year, said Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Horlander, director of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-requests-126bn-for-fy2016-budget-62605/

DefenceTalkHe used to be one of them, so when paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division asked Rich Landry to design a rucksack to meet their needs, he was thrilled. “That’s my past,” Landry said. “This … is my favorite kind of work, because the whole parachute (piece) is just such an interesting dynamic when you […]https://www.defencetalk.com/natick-designs-new-rucksack-for-paratroopers-62526/

DefenceTalkUS Army cyber defenders released code to help detect and understand cyber attacks. The forensic analysis code called Dshell has been used, for nearly five years, as a framework to help the U.S. Army understand the events of compromises of Department of Defense networks. A version of Dshell was added to the GitHub social coding […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-cyber-defenders-open-source-code-in-new-github-project-62482/

DefenceTalkThe Army’s Stryker vehicle, designed to quickly move Soldiers into a combat zone, is swift and mobile. Now its communications equipment will be, too. Strykers in the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team/2nd Infantry Division, also known as 2/2 SBCT, are being retrofitted with the Army’s new tactical communications network, increasing Soldiers’ ability to communicate over […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-equips-stryker-unit-with-new-communications-technology-62479/

DefenceTalkShortly after the secretary of the Army made Cyber a branch in September 2014, a Cyber Voluntary Transfer Incentive Program was announced, asking for applications from active-duty officers, second lieutenant through colonel. “The response was overwhelming,” said Lt. Col. Tim Groves, Cyber Branch chief, Officer Personnel Management Directorate, Human Resources Command, or HRC, Fort Knox, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-identifies-soldiers-for-new-cyber-branch-62476/