“I think it was just a bit of an over characterization by the Inspector General on that particular point,” said Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, after the IG questioned the basis of the $21 billion program.
By Andrew EversdenModernizing military simulation with open systems architecture
Best-of-breed common models and architecture enable virtual training and testing with the same data in a cyber-resilient posture.
The program already experienced glitches, but Pentagon IG sees a much bigger problem, even if Army officials vehemently disagree.
By Lee Ferran
While the world waits for the Army’s full budget picture, service officials provided some details on the funding profile for Future Vertical Lift, IVAS and the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle.
By Andrew Eversden
Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, also called Congressional funding reductions on the Army’s IVAS “frankly just good oversight.”
By Jaspreet Gill Learning from Turkish drone success in Ukraine, Army pulls in money to counter unmanned aerial vehicles. One analyst called the service’s counter-drone cash surge “extraordinary.”
By Andrew Eversden
“I see promising signs of success, but there is a lot more work to do,” Bush told reporters. “My focus is on cooperation, coordination and unity of effort across the whole Army.”
By Andrew Eversden
Networks as ‘center of gravity’: Project Convergence highlights military’s new battle with bandwidth
In desert experiments, Army races to develop tactics for transferring data — and realizes high-def video can create potentially fatal data bottlenecks.
By Andrew Eversden
Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
Where success meant identifying failures, top Army officials said desert experiment revealed problems in “situational awareness” that will be critical in future fights.
By Andrew Eversden
Army emphasized it “remains committed” to the $21 billion-plus program.
By Andrew Eversden
The Integrated Visual Augmentation System, part of a $21.88 billion contract, will now have its operational test in May 2022.
By Andrew Eversden
The wargame will also test new aircraft weapons — a 20 mm cannon and a multi-payload launcher— and a host of electronics enabled by a plug-and-play open architecture, MOSA.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“5G is one of the most transformative technologies coming to us, second only to the cloud,” Maj. Gen. Matt Easley says.
By Kelsey Atherton Congress is skeptical of the augmented-reality IVAS goggles, which can display everything from cross-hairs for targeting to simulated enemy soldiers for training.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
After skeptical staffers slammed the IVAS targeting goggles, the Army generals responsible have been emphasizing their solicitousness towards Congress.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
