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Nov 1, 2024 · Inside Defense, from the award-winning Inside the Pentagon family of newsletters, is the nation's best online news service for defense and aerospace professionals. We specialize in exclusive, hard-hitting news on Defense Department programs, procurement and policymaking.
Air Force tests new anti-drone technology with MEDUSA network
Sep 23, 2020 · The Air Force has tested the ability of new sensor and missile technology to thwart a fleet of small unmanned aerial systems while integrated with an emerging command-and-control network at the large-scale Apollyon exercise last month, the service revealed today. The 96th Test Wing evaluated over 20 anti-drone systems -- including a successful ...
Army selects initial 15 companies for new xTechPrime small …
Feb 15, 2024 · The 15 winning companies were chosen in December, with each receiving $40,000 in cash prizes. This will be followed by Direct to Phase II SBIR prototyping awards of up to $2 million each. The 15 companies selected were: Alitheon -- “Digital fingerprinting to overcome distance and complexity for supply chain security”.
Army adding new developments to cloud system
Jun 11, 2019 · The Army is halfway through integrating its cloud system to help the service with budgeting, planning and programming processes. The cPROBE, a collection of databases and applications, is slowly moving from incremental upgrades to adding new developments. The system hosts 21,000 service users who manage more than 770,000 decision inputs worldwide.
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Acting Army chief lays out key priorities in memo
Aug 17, 2023 · Acting Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, who awaits Senate confirmation for the permanent position, says warfighting, combat readiness, transformation and discipline are his key priorities. In a memo circulated to the service, George wrote the ability to “deliver and sustain ready combat power” will be a “critical element of ...
Long-range hypersonic weapon 'perfect' in key flight test of …
Jul 1, 2024 · The U.S. military conducted a successful test flight of a hypersonic missile -- a significant milestone in the Defense Department's 16-year project to develop a conventionally armed, ultra-fast glide body designed for precision strike -- giving Pentagon leaders renewed confidence in a new weapon system slated for fielding in 2025 by the Army and Navy.
Army releases new digital weapons handbook - InsideDefense.com
Nov 1, 2023 · The Army released a digital weapons handbook cataloguing current and future weapon systems, the service announced Wednesday. Dubbed the Acquisition Program Portfolio, the document details each of the weapon systems the Army currently uses and intends to procure ranging from small arms to battlefield surveillance systems.. Published by the Army’s Acquisition Support Center, which oversees the ...
Rainey lays out roadmap for Army's 'continuous transformation ...
Mar 27, 2024 · HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Gen. James Rainey, chief of Army Futures Command, said today that the service's immediate transformation priorities over the next two years include fielding loitering munitions, developing human-machine integration and keeping up with the pace of technology. While those are some of the force’s immediate objectives, AFC also ...
Transformation in contact: Army designs roadmap modernization …
Aug 28, 2024 · FT. JOHNSON, LA -- Gen. Randy George, nearly a year into his job as the Army's chief of staff, is working to implement his strategy for modernizing the force, envisioning a process in which weapon system users, developers and testers work alongside soldiers who are training on the ground, and someone rewriting software code if equipment doesn't work.