Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Connie Lee was an associate editor for Inside the Army until October 2017. She previously worked as a local news reporter in New Mexico and has a BA from Rutgers University.
Pentagon officials are awaiting numbers for the fiscal year 2017 and FY-18 budgets, but the Army will have to continue examining which initiatives to pursue once those figures are available, according to the service's vice chief of staff.
Should the Army receive a funding increase, leaders aim to concentrate its directed-energy work on accelerating power increases and expanding usage, according to the service's vice chief of staff.
The Army is working to "transform" its air and missile defense force with an integrated fire control network, according to multiple service officials.
As the Army continues to focus on modernizing its systems, the service is also taking steps to improve vehicle cybersecurity for current and future platforms, according to a service official.
The Army intends to establish six security force assistance brigades and a new academy to train them, according to an announcement from the service.
As the Army continues to advance its cyber capabilities, the service is also examining practical applications for those capabilities, according to officials.
The Army is moving forward with steps to improve its cyber capabilities while also developing electronic warfare capabilities, according to the head of the service's cyber directorate.
The waiver outlining exemptions to the federal hiring freeze of civilians is "meeting the need" the Army has for its commanders, according to the service's vice chief of staff.
The Army has 21 percent excess infrastructure, making a new round of base realignments and closures a possible avenue for savings, the service's vice chief of staff told lawmakers this week.
The Army is seeking information for possible upgrades to M113 armored personnel carriers for echelons above the brigade level, according to a Federal Business Opportunities notice released Dec. 23 and updated Jan. 30.
The Army's vice chief of staff called on lawmakers to "immediately" repeal the 2011 Budget Control Act, citing fiscal uncertainty as an obstacle to the service’s attempt to improve readiness levels.
The Army is taking steps to further understand why fumes entered the cab of the howitzer during initial operational test and evaluation of the Paladin Integrated Management program in October 2016, according to a service official.
The Army has taken steps to account for added weight in the Stryker upgun effort currently underway, according to the project manager.
The Army is continuing efforts to upgrade Strykers for use in Europe, with plans to hold tests for the upgunned variant in Germany early next year, according to the project manager.
The Army and the Missile Defense Agency will include the Navy's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System in Patriot missile testing in order to see how the systems work together, according to the Pentagon's former director of operational test and evaluation.
As the Army continues to test active protection systems, the service is also working on the systems' associated technology, according to the director of the Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center.
The Pentagon's top weapons tester is urging the Army to improve its Integrated Air and Missile Defense program in the latest edition of his annual report.
The Army has taken steps to clarify the rate-of-fire requirement for the Paladin Integrated Management program, an area that was highlighted as a concern in a previous Defense Department inspector general report.
The Army previously decided to delay acquisition decisions for the Future Fighting Vehicle, but concepts from the system's associated design contracts may be used for other plans, according to the director of mounted requirements at the Maneuver Center of Excellence.
As the Army moves forward with Paladin Integration Management program testing, the service should continue to take steps to correct deficiencies, according to a report from the Pentagon's director of operational test and evaluation.