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Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Randy George, visits the 2-13th Aviation Regiment at Libby Army Airfield to receive a training overview and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) training overview on UAS capabilities, training, initiatives, and the aviation enterprise, Feb. 21, 2024. (Photo by Sgt. Jilian Mueller)

Army chief of staff: We don’t need a drone branch

Members of a House Armed Services subcommittee are proposing that the Army establish a Drone Corps.

May 21, 2024 By Jon Harper

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, and the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, conduct drone test flights and software troubleshooting during Allied Spirit 24 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Germany, March 6, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Micah Wilson)

Army issues new policy aimed at improving software development practices departmentwide

The far-reaching directive — which addresses the requirements process, procurement, sustainment and personnel — comes amid a push for accelerating digital modernization across the U.S. military.

Mar 9, 2024 By Jon Harper

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth at the AUSA annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis for AUSA)

Army leaders puzzling out how the service can fit into DOD’s new Replicator initiative

“I do think that we have a number of areas that would be right for Replicator, and that would include [drones] of all sizes,” Army Secretary Christine…

Oct 9, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Members of the Army’s Multi-Domain Task Force conduct operations. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Philip Velez)

How Army leaders envision non-kinetic capabilities enabling traditional forces

The secretary of the Army learned new lessons during experimentation in the Pacific for how non-kinetic effects can enable traditional fires.

Sep 19, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. soldiers assigned to 82nd Airborne 3rd Brigade Combat Team, train with the Integrated Visual Augmentation System as a part of Project Convergence 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thiem Huynh)

Army acquisition chief sees ‘competitive environment’ for IVAS alternatives if Microsoft’s system doesn’t satisfy

The Army received IVAS 1.2 earlier this week and it will soon conduct “soldier touch points” to give potential end users the opportunity to provide feedback.

Jul 27, 2023 By Jon Harper

U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth (L) and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville testify during a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Wormuth hopes AI can help Army tackle recruiting challenges

Faced with recruiting shortfalls, the Army secretary wants to use artificial intelligence to find good candidates who might be interested in soldiering.

Jun 13, 2023 By Jon Harper

A member of a Ukrainian volunteer unit and a computer science student “Valdemar”, 19, poses in a trench used by the unit to counter threats during air-raid sirens, at their position in a suburb of Kyiv on February 28, 2023. – Colonel “Smak” and his Ukrainian volunteer unit of 80 civilian volunteers take turns day and night keeping watch for incoming threats: Iranian-made “Shahed” explosive drones launched by the Russians. Since October, the unit – whose machine gun dates back to the 1920s – has shot down three such drones. A dozen of these units, attached to the territorial defence, cover the sky of the Capital city of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia-Ukraine war drives the Army to consider possible trans-regional fights of the future

Since the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war, the Army has been collecting observations associated with contemporary deterrence dynamics and the possible complexities of future fighting landscapes.

Mar 1, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau Brandi Vincent

Military service members assigned to the 7th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Bliss, Texas, and 729th Air Control Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, conduct warfare operations at the Tactical Operations Center-Light (TOC-L) on Oct. 14, 2022, during Project Convergence 22 experimentation at March Air Reserve Base, California. PC22, a multimonth event, enables the Department of Defense and its multinational partners to assess future warfighting concepts and capabilities. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brenda Salgado)

Data management challenges are top of mind at Project Convergence 22

More work still needs to be done to standardize data, according to Army leaders.

Nov 10, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth briefs reporters at the Association of the United States Army’s annual convention in Washington. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Army to explore predictive analytics and autonomous systems for Indo-Pacific logistics

The Indo-Pacific “is the most demanding theater” for the military currently, according to Secretary Wormuth.

Oct 10, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

A U.S. soldier of 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), communicates over the radio during Saber Junction 18 at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 23 , 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Dhy’Nysha Shaw)

Ukraine-Russia war teaching US military a lesson about secure communications

The ongoing conflict demonstrates the need for secure battlefield communication and the potential for soldiers to undermine it.

May 31, 2022 By Jon Harper