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By KARA CARLSON | The Austin American-Statesman | Published: May 12, 2021 AUSTIN (Tribune News Service) — As Austin-based Army Futures Command continues to expand its presence and modernization efforts around Austin and the state, its best practices could help model innovation for the Department of Defense and the rest of the military. On Tuesday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks toured several Austin sites for the Austin-based innovation unit to learn more about how its work...

With her fourth generation of military service, Lt. Col. Andi Tallman joined the Army to continue a family tradition. She said she still loves putting on the uniform every day. On Friday morning she will relinquish command of the 2nd Medical Recruiting Battalion to Lt. Col. Brad Tibbetts, from Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Tallman has served as the battalion commander since June 2019. “It’s bittersweet,” she said. “Commanding in a COVID environment was very unique and I w...

 - May 11, 2021, 1:15 PM A leader of the U.S. Army Futures Command and senior rotorcraft company executives all emphasized the need not only to change how current and future rotorcraft and other vertical lift aircraft perform, but how they are made. During remarks May 10 at the keynote session of the Vertical Flight Society’s (VFS) Forum 77, they also pointed to the need to continue to recruit and retain top engineering talent as the rotorcraft industry transitions to future vertical lift ...

“The (defense) secretary has been very clear that modernizing is key. As deputy secretary, my job is to help bring new strategies to execution, and that line goes right through process development and capabilities for us, and eventually resourcing and thats what Army Futures Command is all about to the Army,” Hicks said.  She said it helps her to see what part the Army is playing in moving the Department of Defense towards modernization.    Futures Command won’t be the end-all standar...

The Department of Defense announced Monday that Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks is traveling to Texas, where she will visit Army Futures Command in Austin and meet with commander Gen, John M. “Mike” Murray and personnel for an overview of their mission. After visiting Futures Command, Hicks will travel to the Killeen-Fort Hood area where she will get a chance to meet with soldiers and leaders at Fort Hood, according to the Defense Department on Monday. Specific dates of ...

By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on May 07, 2021 at 1:47 PM Key functions of the Army’s “common platform” for AI development WASHINGTON: As the Army develops AIs for different missions, from artillery targeting to helicopter maintenance, it doesn’t want each project to reinvent the wheel. So the Army’s Artificial Intelligence Task Force is working with Carnegie Mellon University and contractor VISIMO to create a shared toolkit of reusable algorithms, test data, and development tools. I...

FLASHPOINT Africa could be massive battlefield in ‘inevitable’ war between the US and China as Xi stakes claim to continent Patrick Knox 13:07, 6 May 2021 AFRICA could become a massive battlefield in a war between China and the United States as the President Xi Jinping stakes claim to the continent, experts warned. The Communist Party is quietly expanding into the eastern part of Africa as it sets up military bases and expands its influence through infrastructure projects across in at lea...

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‘We as an Army failed to protect Vanessa Guillén’: Report confirms soldier sexually harassed before her death ‘We as an Army failed to protect Vanessa Guillén’: Report confirms soldier sexually harassed before her death Communication missteps allowed the man accused of killing Guillén to flee; 13 officers and noncommissioned officers being disciplined in the case. Dozens of people participated in a vigil outside Dallas City Hall to demand justice for the killing of Vanessa Guillén....

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