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Here’s how Army aviation is tackling the open architecture challenge (Jen Judson, Defense News)

The Army aviation branch, which has long been seeking a modular open systems architecture for future aircraft, is refocusing its attention on past failures...

US Army awaits acquisition strategy approval for extended-range cannon (Jen Judson, Defense News)

The Army is still deciding on the acquisition strategy for its Extended Range Cannon Artillery, or ERCA, system, even as the service seeks initial...

US Army puts Stryker’s new 30mm cannon to the test (Jen Judson, Defense News)

The U.S. Army is working to refine the performance of its new Medium Caliber Weapon System — a 30mm, unmanned turreted auto-cannon on a...

After pumping the brakes, Army moves to field Iron Fist protection system on Bradley (Jen Judson, Defense News)

The Army has encountered technical problems and funding gaps in its effort to field an active protection system on the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle...

For information operations, the key is sorting out sentiment (Mark Pomerleau, Defense News)

When the United States began its final withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in August, European news outlets and some social media accounts reported that...

Army aviation chief: Programs may need to sacrifice perfect solutions (Stephen Losey, Defense News)

As the Army looks to field future aviation programs, it should think more holistically about those efforts, the service’s program executive officer for aviation...

Army using simulations to work out networking kinks ahead of Project Convergence 21 (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The U.S. Army is doing more work ahead of time to practice networking sensors and shooters together in a virtual environment ahead of Project...

Despite Army’s technology advances, some troops still struggle with internet access (Leo Shane III, Defense News)

Amid all the cutting-edge technology on display at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., military officials on Tuesday offered a reminder...

Army logisticians will face ‘unprecedented’ challenges in future combat (Todd South, Defense News)

Army logisticians simultaneously must pull lessons from the past two decades of war while also getting ready for combat that’s both unprecedented in speed and violence and requires smarter...

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