Gen. Michael Garrett said computer simulations and other technical means can be used for some of the Army’s higher echelon training. The focus must, he said, stay on the men and women who fight the last 100 yards as they close with the enemy.
By Colin ClarkB-21, hypersonics and more: How digital development is driving industry innovation
Technological advancements are key to keeping pace with customer demands and evolving threat landscapes.
While Combat Training Center wargames will still work out full brigades, training at home base will emphasize small-unit teambuilding over big events.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The COVID pandemic “has added complexity” to the Navy’s plans, Vice Adm. Phil Sawyer said. “But the [deployment schedule] has not changed.”
By Paul McLeary
Instead of sending individual squadrons to the Middle East, the newly created 15th Air Force wants to train entire wings together for rapid deployment against Russia, China and other “near peers.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
US, British, and Norwegian vessels held wargames in the Barents Sea, near the HQ of Russia’s Northern Fleet.
By Paul McLeary
An unprecedentedly quick 15-week review identified 100 mHZ of spectrum, now heavily used by military radars, that will be auctioned off in December 2021.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
A major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
Low-key deployments by citizen-soldiers have strengthened ties with 89 nations – but some crucial partners are missing.
By Bradley Bowman and Thomas Pledger
Breaking Defense has obtained an email from Adm. Michael Gilday detailing the damage of 11 of the amphibious ship’s 14 decks.
By Paul McLeary
The Air Force wants to cut its workhorse drone, the MQ-9 Reaper. The combatant commanders that use the MQ-9 don’t want to see that happen.
By David Deptula
The HASC readiness subcommittee also wants to create a comprehensive quadrennial review of what it’ll really take to supply and sustain the global force.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
At the service’s four public shipyards that perform the majority of repair work on the submarine and carrier fleets, some 25 percent of workers are not clocking in for their regular shifts.
By Paul McLeary
The militarized Microsoft HoloLens headset was designed to spot targets day and night on future battlefields. Then engineers tweaked its infrared sensors to detect fevers.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Without recruit training, the services will lose .5 percent of their end strength every month (unless stop loss is imposed, and that has its own costs). Because the training pipeline is several months long, units will not feel that gap for several months, but when the pipeline begins to runs dry, units will shrink.
By Mark Cancian and Adam Saxton
“This year has brought unprecedented challenges for our nation, but America’s Army cannot rest,” the president of the Association of the US Army writes. “The demands of today and the need to prepare for an increasingly dangerous future loom large.”
By Carter Ham