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National Defense
March 2012
Sandra I. Erwin
Army's Acquisition of Battle Network Slowed Down by Red Tape The Army's fast-track method of buying mobile networks for deployed soldiers could be in jeopardy as long as it remains bound by existing procurement regulations, government and industry sources said. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2013
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Rethinks, Again, How to Acquire Technology A decade of war taught the Army, among other lessons, that it needed a new approach for buying information-age technologies such as computers and communications systems. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2012
Dan Parsons
Vehicles Strut Their Stuff in Desert Trials The evaluation of non-developmental vehicles is part of a larger analysis of alternatives mandated by the Defense Department to ferret out available commercial technologies that might fit the bill for variants of the Ground Combat Vehicle. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2012
Eric Beidel
Soldiers Skeptical of Smartphones in Combat Commercial smartphones are lightweight, inexpensive and most soldiers already use them in civilian settings. But the Army is finding out that the devices may not always be needed or even wanted on the battlefield. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
In Damage Control Mode, Army Builds Future Network for Combat Brigades For the Army, this may be its last chance of salvaging the surviving pieces of the ill-starred "future combat systems." mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Under Pressure to Bring Broadband to The Battlefield In the Army's 2010 modernization roadmap, the "network" is billed as a top priority. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2010
Eric Beidel
Army Makes New Attempt To Field Networked Soldier System The Army is making another attempt to connect infantrymen to the battlefield network with a wearable system of hands-free computers and radios. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2011
Sandra I. Erwin
Army's Promise to War-Bound Soldiers: A Wireless Mobile Network If the Army's new tech-buying strategy goes according to plan, soldiers soon may be ditching paper maps, staticky radios and bulky satellite receivers. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2011
Sandra I. Erwin
Tech-Warriors Changing the Face of the Army Private First Class Nicholas Johnson is not your average private. He was a network administrator in his previous life, and has an extraordinary ability to grasp soldiers' needs and turn them into digital products. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2010
Stew Magnuson
Army Seeks to Quiet Skeptics As it Tries New Acquisition Strategy One year after Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled the Army's Future Combat Systems program, service leaders say they are moving forward with a new acquisition regime. mark for My Articles similar articles
Parameters
Winter 2003/2004
Christopher J. Toomey
Army Digitization: Making it Ready for Prime Time The Army's commitment to creating a digitized force elicits some key questions about how the Army will make the transition from an analog force in the face of rapidly changing technology while maintaining the capability to meet key strategic and operational challenges. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2007
J.R. Wilson
Army Plans Extensive Training and Simulation Infrastructure for Future Combat System The Army has created a unique special unit called the Evaluation Brigade Combat Team (EBCT) to test and evaluate every component of the new Future Combat System (FCS) before fielding. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2011
Grace V. Jean
Army's Ground Combat Vehicle Stirs Confusion In Industry The Army plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next several years on the design of a new "infantry fighting vehicle." With new big-ticket military programs becoming increasingly scarce, this would normally qualify as great news for contractors. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2013
Paul J. Kern
U.S. Troops Deserve a Competitive Equipment Advantage The Army can take advantage of commercial competitive practices for fast-moving technologies, rather than lengthy bureaucratic processes. The armed forces should have the best capability when they need it -- and at a more affordable price in a time of lean defense budgets. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2011
Eric Beidel
Army Shifts Focus to Dismounted Soldiers Army leaders say soldiers are the service's greatest weapon, and they are asking industry to shift their focus from platform to person and consider the infantryman first as it plans investments in new technology. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Army `Land Warrior' Not Yet Ready For War, Gears Up for Next Tryout After a disappointing evaluation by users of a new high-tech soldier ensemble, the Army is redesigning portions of the system to make it lighter and easier to use, officials said. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Army's Next Combat Vehicle: New Beginning or FCS Sequel? The Army is racing toward a September deadline to present a convincing case to the secretary of defense that it should receive funds to begin designing a new combat vehicle next year. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Urban Battles Highlight Shortfalls in Soldier Communications The chaotic door-to-door warfare seen in Iraq offers glaring proof that dismounted U.S. troops need better communications devices, experts contend. When radios failed, soldiers resorted to the only available and reliable form of communication: screaming. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Soldiers on the Move Have Yet to Profit From Information Age Army combat brigades during the past two years have been outfitted with the latest communications and networking technology. But the improved connectivity has yet to filter down to the small mobile units below the battalion level. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Army's Vice Chief: 'We Have to Speed Up How We Procure Things' The Army's antiquated ways of buying new equipment are depriving soldiers of the latest technology and making it more difficult for them to do their jobs, says Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli. mark for My Articles similar articles
Parameters
Summer 2004
Brownlee & Schoomaker
Serving a Nation at War: A Campaign Quality Army with Joint and Expeditionary Capabilities The United States is driving a rapid evolution in the methods and techniques of war. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2004
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
Soldiers Benefit From `Rapid Fielding' Mentality Among the organizations that really have pulled out all the stops to get needed technology to the field quickly is the Army Research Development and Engineering Command. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2011
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers respond to articles about army modernization and reworking the defense budget. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2015
Jon Harper
Army's Light Combat Vehicle Gaining Traction An Army effort to equip infantry troops with a light combat vehicle is now underway, and officials are aiming to issue a request for proposals in fiscal year 2017. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2015
Valerie Insinna
Ultra Light Combat Vehicle Could Buck Trend of Slow Truck Procurement If everything goes to plan, the Army could field about 300 ultra light combat vehicles by the end of fiscal year 2016. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Army to Upgrade Land Warrior System With Blue-Force Tracker In response to feedback from soldiers in Iraq, the Army intends to add blue-force tracking capabilities to a handheld computer that is being developed for the Land Warrior program. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2004
Roxana Tiron
Army Revises Doctrine for Modular Brigades Caught between the pressures of war in the Middle East and the need to reorganize, the U.S. Army is juggling new methods of combat training while rewriting the rulebook for equipment and tactics. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2015
Jon Harper
The Army Wants to Power Up Dismounted Soldiers As the demand for power for dismounted troops grows, U.S. military researchers and industry are looking for cutting edge technologies to both supply energy and lighten soldiers' loads. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Soldiers Test `Land Warrior' Technology Small-unit commanders in the Army soon may receive a new computer-radio suite that connects soldiers into a wireless network and tracks their location. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2012
Eric Beidel
Industry Ready to Pounce on Embattled Radio Programs After nearly two decades and billions of dollars spent, the Joint Tactical Radio System, once a grand plan to build do-it-all radios common to the military services, is in a state of flux. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2012
Stew Magnuson
Rise of Smartphones May Sound Death Knell for Old Push-to-Talk Radios Handing an infantryman a device the size and shape of a brick that can only perform one task, voice communications, may soon be akin to issuing him a musket. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2012
Dan Ward
Tactical Radios: Military Procurement Gone Awry How exactly did the Army go about making the radio better and better? By increasing its complexity, extending the schedule, spending more money and making the device larger. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2011
Eric Beidel
Battle-Scarred Troops Have Message for Army Training: Get Real A decade at war has presented officials with a dilemma: The training environment now must be made even more authentic to hold the attention of soldiers who already have experienced the real deal. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Advanced Communications Net Debuts with 3rd Infantry Division Based on lessons from the initial phase of the Iraqi conflict, the Army has decided to put together a vastly improved communications network, which is being showcased by the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, and later will be expanded to other units. mark for My Articles similar articles
Parameters
Winter 2003/2004
Wilson, Gordon & Johnson
An Alternative Future Force: Building a Better Army The Army's transformation concept rests on a set of major assumptions that should be questioned. This article suggests an alternative pathway for preparing US ground forces to meet the challenges of the next several decades. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2005
John McHale
U.S. Army's Pivotal Land Warrior System Close to Fielding General Dynamics C4 Systems is integrating as many as 500 Land Warrior ensembles and Stryker integration kits into a Stryker experimental battalion to conduct special tests. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2009
Grace V. Jean
Army to Create Education Programs for Soldiers Who Are Too Busy to Go to School Repeated deployments have kept soldiers away from schoolhouses. But the Army still believes there are ways to provide learning opportunities outside of the traditional education system. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2014
Valerie Insinna
Army Solicits Industry For Simple, Scalable Training Technologies Army officials in January laid out a wish list of what they would like to see in future simulation technologies, including straightforward systems that can train entire brigades and require fewer personnel to facilitate exercises. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Training to Shift Emphasis to Dismounted Soldier The Army's training programs have been too vehicle-centric and have not focused enough on the dismounted soldier, particularly in urban combat. That will change in the future, said Brig. Gen. Stephen Seay, Army program executive officer for simulation, training and instrumentation. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2013
Dan Parsons
Google Glass Eyed for Wearable Soldier Gear Army officials have been after a way to outfit soldiers with wearable computers for years, but have repeatedly failed to find a system that both delivers information coherently and avoids impairing troops' perception of the battlefield. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2006
Harold Kennedy
R&D Command Seeks Better Coordination of Research The Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command is concentrating on improving coordination of the service's sprawling science and technology programs. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
The Next Humvee: Army, Marines Weigh Options The Army and Marine Corps may decide as early as May 2007 to begin searching for a new vehicle that would replace the ubiquitous Humvee. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2014
Valerie Insinna
Army Unveils New Plan to Build Ground Vehicle Network Next spring at the Army's network integration evaluations, soldiers will roll out in mine-resistant vehicles equipped with a new network architecture that will allow platforms to more easily share information, reduce weight and save power. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2014
Dan Parsons
Army Switches From Vehicle Procurement to Sustainment Mode Military commanders and the companies that built thousands of vehicles in support of two wars are preparing for reduced budgets and requirements after more than a decade of combat. mark for My Articles similar articles
Parameters
November 2004
Scott Boston
Toward a Protected Future Force The US Army plans to introduce its next-generation ground force quickly, starting with an experimental battalion by the end of the decade and a full brigade--called a Unit of Action--in 2014. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2010
Stew Magnuson
Army to Air Force: We Won't Give Up Our Surveillance Aircraft A second turf war over control of unmanned aerial vehicles is underway after sharp criticism from a senior Air Force general who said the Army is not efficiently deploying its fleet of medium-sized remotely piloted aircraft. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
Army's iPhone Dreams Clash With Reality The Army launched a competition to see if techies can design soldier-friendly smartphone applications. The contest may be premature, however, as it could be years before the Army adopts smartphones as standard soldier equipment. mark for My Articles similar articles
Parameters
Summer 2004
Gordon & Sollinger
The Army's Dilemma The Army is perceived by many as unimaginative, obstructionist, and wedded to concepts of warfare that are increasingly irrelevant to the current geopolitical environment. This article suggests an explanation for this perception and ways the Army might alter it. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2011
Sandra I. Erwin
Smartphones-for-Soldiers Campaign Hits Wall as Army Experiences Growing Pains "A smartphone for every soldier" may be a clever slogan. But trying to turn it into reality is becoming an uphill battle for the U.S. Army. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Troops in The Digital Age, Disconnected As surprising as it may seem in today's wired culture, troops in combat zones do not have easy access to information. mark for My Articles similar articles