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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 it's working to harness and acquire technology and train talent. Futures Command is a public-private initia...

“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 that's 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 standard for modernization for the Department of Defense, but Hicks said the goal is to take the best ide...

Army commanders must navigate changing rules of war on future, complex battlefields 5 hours ago Future Army leaders will be inundated with a flood of data, but still be expected to make rapid combat decisions that are ethical and legal. Here, a soldier views a data-rich 3-D map that allows him to view the battlespace before combat operations begin. (Army) Army leaders are taking a hard look at how its new way of warfare, a fast-paced, multi-domain, wide-ranging style of combat, will bring a host of challenges to the laws of war. In an event titled, “The Future Character of War and the...

By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on April 05, 2021 at 7:01 AM Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle in field test, accompanied by Humvees WASHINGTON: The tanks, they are a-changin’. the Army’s deadline to submit concepts for a new Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle that will replace the Reagan-era M2 Bradley is just 11 days away, April 16. The service is already buying a replacement for the even older M113, a tracked workhorse that fought in Vietnam. And it’s experimenting with remote-controlled Robotic Combat Vehicles and even exploring unmanned options to replace the massive M1 Abrams main ba...