The Army must prioritize "close combat overmatch" and ground vehicles in its modernization efforts, according to the director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, housed within Training and Doctrine Command.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Courtney McBride was the managing editor of Inside the Army until May 2018. She previously worked for Hotline and National Journal. A native of the Philadelphia area, she studied the modern Middle East at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Army must prioritize "close combat overmatch" and ground vehicles in its modernization efforts, according to the director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, housed within Training and Doctrine Command.
The Pentagon's inspector general is examining the department's procurement of the successor to the Longbow and Hellfire missiles, according to a recently released notice.
The impending shift from the OH-58D Kiowa to the AH-64 Apache will augment the capabilities of the Army's "most rapidly deployable" Combat Aviation Brigade, according to its commander.
The Army is working to tackle a potential requirement for optional manning of the aircraft in the Future Vertical Lift family of systems, as the Defense Department eyes a materiel development decision for the first platform next month.
Congress has approved a Defense Department request to reallocate $27.3 million to replace unmanned aircraft systems destroyed in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
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The Army should alter its approach to readiness generation and devote more resources to preparing for future conflicts, according to three people who have studied the issue.
The Army will have to take drastic measures to prepare for future conflicts, and may have to engage in full-spectrum fights against a near-peer adversary, according to a report released Sept. 21 by the Atlantic Council.
The Army chief of staff last week emphasized the unity of the service's active and reserve components and the importance of increasing readiness across the total force, and outlined measures the service is taking to foster integration.
The Army's greatest challenge today is the need for "consistent, sustained, and predictable funding over time," according to the service's chief of staff.
PHILADELPHIA -- The Army is moving forward with the latest upgrade to its venerable CH-47 Chinook, and is laying the foundation for potential future improvements.
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The Army plans to include not only its roughly 780 existing programs in an upcoming analysis, but also “emerging capabilities” that could address critical gaps facing the service.
The Pentagon's inspector general is conducting an audit of the Army's management of its program to counter infrared-guided missile threats to its rotorcraft, currently in the engineering manufacturing development phase.
The Defense Department is working to establish a basis for readiness recovery objectives for the services, according to a letter from the Pentagon to the Government Accountability Office.
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As lawmakers return to Washington, a new report from the Congressional Research Service tackles the ongoing dispute over Army end strength.
The Army is crafting a concept of operations to guide its efforts in a future operational environment -- to include anti-access/area-denial threats -- which will influence decisions on which capabilities to pursue, according to the service's top budget programmer.
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The Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program is “on schedule,” but fiscal uncertainty poses some risk, according to program officials.