The Army Chief of Staff defended the service’s ambitious modernization program, particularly new armored vehicles and long-range missiles.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Modernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
Former CSAF Gen. David Goldfein, who like many fighter pilots isn’t a big guy, was passed over as CJCS because he didn’t “look macho enough for Trump,” said one former Pentagon insider.
By Theresa Hitchens
Everything from social media to military advisors to open war is a potential tool of great power competition, Gen. James McConville writes — and the Army plays a vital role across that entire spectrum.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“We probably need about two or three more years of good solid budgets” for modernization, Gen. James McConville said, so he’ll seek economies in readiness and personnel – but modestly and on the margins. Will that be enough?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
A new strategy paper from Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville says forward-deployed Army forces will survive inside Chinese missile strikes and fatally disrupt the PLA’s plans.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“Decision dominance … is the ability for a commander to sense, understand, decide, act, and assess faster and more effectively than any adversary,” said Army Futures Command chief Gen. John “Mike” Murray.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
AI can make logistics data as valuable as intelligence or operational data for mission success
Valuable intelligence insights can be gleaned from logistics or flight-test data when artificial intelligence or machine learning is applied.
When high-tech enemies hack and jam communications, “small units need to be able to operate on their own,” the Army Chief of Staff said. “If they are not masters of their craft, they are not going to be able to do that.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The head of INDOPACOM, Adm. Davidson, and the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Air Force Gen. Hyten, seem receptive to a new Army role in long-range strike.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“We’ll have communications capability up there within the next year or so,” said NORTHCOM commander Gen. Glen VanHerck.
By Theresa Hitchens
“The future is all about range and speed,” Gen. McConville declared, and longtime Army watchers perked up. With the other services circling for a prophesied budgetary “bloodletting”, the Army really needs a clear and catchy argument for its modernization program.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Pentagon needs to look at “seams, gaps and overlaps” as they implement the new strategy for All Domain Ops, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown says.
By Theresa Hitchens
Upcoming Pacific Defender wargames will held showcase Army’s investments in long-range missiles, missile defense, logistics, and information warfare, said Gen. James McConville, the Army Chief of Staff.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“[T]here is a difference in how aggressively the Navy is pursuing JADC2 compared to the Army and Air Force,” Bryan Clark, Navy expert at the Hudson Institute, says.
By Theresa Hitchens
The benefit of diverse and effective long-range precision fires was reinforced by then-U.S. Pacific Command Commander Navy Adm. Harry Harris, who challenged the Army to develop more lethal, long-range precision fires that could not only engage adversary land targets, but also sink ships at sea.
By Robert Brown