As the Army examines its strategies for operating in urban environments, the service needs to better its understanding of the urban battlefield in advance, a senior strategist said last week.
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As the Army examines its strategies for operating in urban environments, the service needs to better its understanding of the urban battlefield in advance, a senior strategist said last week.
The Army is looking to use "rapid prototyping" to help define requirements for defensive cyber operations, according to the program executive officer for enterprise information systems.
The Army needs to focus on obtaining positioning, navigation and timing information in GPS-degraded environments, according to PNT program manager Kevin Coggins.
During a deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division increased their precision-strike capabilities and faced a growing number of unmanned aerial vehicles, according to the unit's commander.
The Army is furthering its goal to build its armored capabilities with plans to create a 16th armored brigade combat team through conversion, according to Maj. Gen. William Hix, director of strategy, plans and policy in the office of the deputy chief of staff (G-3/5/7).
As the Army looks to improve its positioning, navigation and timing abilities, it's also introducing platform distribution of PNT for ground vehicles, according to the PNT program manager.
As the Pentagon awaits final congressional action on the fiscal year 2017 budget, the Army is drawing up plans so it can make quick contracting decisions once that information is received, according to the director for contracting in the office of the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology.
Army Contracting Command is working to shorten and streamline the service's acquisition process, according to Kristan Mendoza, executive director of ACC in Warren, MI.
Over the last year, the Army has been examining ways to improve its acquisition process, according to a service official.
As the Army's Rapid Capabilities Office continues to focus on delivering capabilities to the warfighter quickly, Army Contracting Command is "totally integrated" with the office, ACC Commanding General Maj. Gen. James Simpson said April 26.
The Army National Guard plans to use the higher end strength authorized by Congress to improve the readiness of its "urgent units," according to its director, Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy.
As the Army continues to adapt to changing warfare, the service needs to look at how it uses technology, according to the service's deputy chief of staff (G-2).
A short-range air defense unit will be sent to Europe next spring to augment the maneuver force, the chief of the 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command said this week.
The Army National Guard would have to reduce its training exercises if Congress does not pass an appropriation and the Pentagon operates under a yearlong continuing resolution, according to its director, Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy.
The development of security force assistance brigades is expected to help the Army prevent separating leadership from soldiers, according to Maj. Gen. William Hix, director of strategy, plans and policy in the office of the deputy chief of staff (G-3/5/7).
After toxic fumes entered the cab of the howitzer during Paladin Integrated Management program testing in October 2016, the Army has delayed initial operational test and evaluation until the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, according to an annual report by the Government Accountability Office.
The Army made three modifications April 12 to a 2015 five-year contract to Oshkosh Defense to recapitalize systems from the Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles, according to a Defense Department announcement.
The Army intends to award a contract for the development of a multipurpose landing craft in late summer, according to Zina Kozak-Zachary, product director for Army watercraft systems.
Initial integration of the Modular Active Protection System soft-kill demonstrator was completed in December with full-system demonstrations on the Abrams tank anticipated in November to December 2017, according to an industry official.
As the Army continues to develop reactive armor technologies, the service hopes to reduce the weight and improve the performance of explosive reactive armor tiles, according to a service official.