DEFENDER-Europe 20 begins with 1st Combat Power arrival
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DefenceTalkBREMERHAVEN, Germany: The first combat power into the European theater for DEFENDER-Europe 20 has rolled down the ramp of the American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier The Endurance at the port of Bremerhaven in Germany, February 20. The equipment belongs to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, deploying to Germany from Fort Stewart, Georgia. The arrival […]https://www.defencetalk.com/defender-europe-20-begins-with-1st-combat-power-arrival-74290/
Future Soldiers may get improved helmet padding
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DefenceTalkABERDEEN PROVING GROUND: Army researchers and industry partners recently published a study showing how they developed new materials and manufacturing methods to create higher performing helmet padding that reduces the likelihood of head injury in combat and recreational helmets. A team from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory and its HRL […]https://www.defencetalk.com/future-soldiers-may-get-improved-helmet-padding-74266/
US Army scientists develop cutting-edge, durable 3D printing technology
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DefenceTalkArmy scientists are on the brink of a pioneering additive-manufacturing technology to help Soldiers quickly swap out broken plastic components with durable 3D printed replacements, says a top Army researcher. In the past, troops have either lugged replacement parts around or ordered them from warehouses thousands of miles away, only to wait weeks for them […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-scientists-develop-cutting-edge-durable-3d-printing-technology-74154/
US Army leaders save $1.2 billion to fund modernization push
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Army leaders have issued a full list of programs eliminated or reduced during the latest “night court” review, designed to help fund modernization priorities amid the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request. In all, more than $1.2 billion was freed from legacy programs throughout the Army, with more than $868.9 million from 39 reductions, and $324.1 […]
US Army Cadets research bioprinting to improve Soldier care in the future
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WEST POINT: When Lt. Col. Jason Barnhill traveled to Africa last summer, he took with him not only the normal gear of an Army officer, but also a 3D printer. Barnhill, who is the life science program director at the U.S. Military Academy, traveled to Africa to study how 3D printers could be used for […]
1-9 CAV Soldiers and European Allies Join Forces at CALFEX
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PABRADE, Lithuania: Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment from Fort Hood, Texas, working side by side with multinational and allied forces, concluded their Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise training Feb 13, 2020. Dutch artillery, Croatian mortar, Lithuanian and Norwegian fire support and the Baltic Air Police were some of the major assets involved […]
US Army modernizes its biometric processing capabilities
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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND: U.S. Army Soldiers patrolling critical checkpoints overseas will have an improved biometrics tool to help identify persons of interest in real time. Army Futures Command’s Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center has developed and delivered software that will enable Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and […]
US Army researchers pursue Soldier protection technologies
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ADELPHI, Md: When faced with battlefield threats, American Soldiers depend more than ever on body armor to protect them. To adapt to the evolving dangers of getting shot, the Army created a flagship program dedicated to protection technologies. At the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory, leaders designated 10 research programs as […]
US Army budget request eyes $2B boost for modernization
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The Army proposes to add over $2 billion to its modernization efforts next fiscal year that will help continue to develop hypersonic missiles, future aircraft and combat vehicles. The fiscal year 2021 budget request released Monday asks for $10.6 billion for the Army’s six modernization priorities, a jump from this fiscal year’s enacted budget of […]
Autonomous vehicle technology may improve safety for US Army convoys
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U.S. Army convoys could be made safer for soldiers by implementing autonomous vehicle technology to reduce the number of service members needed to operate the vehicles, according to a new study from the RAND Corporation. “The Army is interested in autonomous technology because if they can reduce the number of soldiers needed to run a […]