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BAE Systems to Provide Software and Systems Engineering Support for US Army
The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) has selected BAE Systems to provide software and systems engineering services under an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. BAE Systems’ global team of experts will offer systems and software engineering support for CECOM’s Software Engineering Center (SEC). The SEC provides essential lifecycle maintenance and support to ensure interoperability [...]
Army leaders probe ‘deep future’
Trying to anticipate what the world might be like in 2030 would seem to be in the realm of science fiction writers, but the Army is interested too. Helping the Army to get a better sight picture on the future are some of the world’s greatest minds, from the academic and scientific communities, as well [...]
‘Fiscal Cliff’ would challenge Army to maintain readiness
Knowing there’s a possibility the government will go over a “fiscal cliff” on midnight, Dec. 31, the Army recognizes some of the challenges it will face, but a senior leader said Thursday its priority will be to maintain readiness of the force. Like its sister services, the Army faces repercussions and adjustments that would follow [...]
British Army Orders More Foxhounds Vehicles
The Ministry of Defence is set to announce a £50 million contract for 50 new Foxhound light patrol vehicles in Afghanistan. Defence Minister Philip Dunne is expected to confirm details of the new contract this afternoon during a visit to the British company that makes the vehicles – General Dynamics: Force Protection (GD:FP) Spares Facility [...]
Army data tracker improves unit readiness evaluations
For commanders and senior leaders, knowing the combat readiness status for any particular unit at any given time is basic to mission. But getting that information hasn’t always been quick or easy, according to Lt. Col. Bobby Saxon, G-3/5/7, Department of the Army Military Operation, Force Management Enterprise division chief. The Enterprise Management Decision Support [...]
Air assault school helps shape Army’s future
Maj. Gen. James McConville, the commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, at Fort Campbell, Ky., issued an order in July to increase the number of Air Assault-qualified Soldiers within the next three years. “Seventy percent of the Division will be Air Assault qualified,” said Capt. James B. Prisock, the commander of the Sabalauski Air [...]
Army conducts safety testing on networked vehicles
The Army has completed safety release testing for a new fleet of networked vehicles, paving the way for Soldiers to begin training on them this month. The Army Test and Evaluation Command determined that the five baseline designs for mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, known as MRAPs, equipped with Capability Set 13, or CS 13, are suitable [...]
Army refines airburst technology, XM25 ‘Punisher’
The U.S. Army is preparing to conduct a second Forward Operational Assessment of its XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement airburst weapon system. Program managers are seeking to expedite development of the system, refine and improve the technology, and ultimately begin formal production by the fall of 2014, service officials said during a roundtable, Sept. 20, [...]
Army examines feasibility of integrating 4G LTE with tactical network
The U.S. Army employed a 4G cellular network this summer at its integrated capabilities testbed at Fort Dix, N.J.; this was done to address integration with current network designs and to enable actionable intelligence for dismounted squads. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s communications-electronics RD&E center, or CERDEC, enabled a mounted/hand-held computing environment [...]
