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The Army’s faster way to field tactical network gear gets its first big test Mark Pomerleau keyboard_arrow_down The Army is looking for critical feedback before it begins fielding its modernized network equipment to new units in 2021. (Sgt. 1st Class Zach VanDyke/U.S. Army) FORT POLK, La. — Paratroopers testing the Army’s latest communications equipment jumped into a sprawling field surrounded by dense woods and moved north upon landing in an effort to secure the area. Significant equipment improvements allowed the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division to communicate clearly across gre...

Space Test Support and Satellite Environmental Testing Nuclear Weapons Effects Testing. Hypersonic/Long Range Systems Hypersonic/Long Range Systems is a collaborative effort between the Army and its Sister Services to deliver precision-strike dominance on land, sea, in the air and beyond , ranging from hypersonic missiles with a range of more than 1,000 miles, to an upgraded long-barrel howitzer. White Sands Missile Range is helping this leap-ahead technology as it transitions from the science and technology community and into the hands of operators by providing the capability to test, track...

The Army Has a Timeline for When Soldiers Will Test Robotic Combat Vehicles A team made up of Textron Systems, Howe & Howe and FLIR Systems, Inc. debuted the Ripsaw M5 unmanned vehicle at the 2019 Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting. (Courtesy Textron) 17 Mar 2021 Officials laid out a plan Tuesday to test Army Robotic Combat Vehicle prototypes over the next 17 months, leading up to a soldier evaluation at Fort Hood, Texas. The Army has taken possession of the first four working prototypes of the Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light, or RCV-L, and expects to receive the first four...

US Army prepping robotic combat vehicles for big test with soldiers in 2022 4 days ago A Textron, Howe & Howe and FLIR Systems team unveiled its Ripsaw M5 robotic combat vehicle at the Association of the U.S. Army's annual show in 2019. The team was selected to build RCV-Light prototypes to help the Army build requirements for a future program of record. (Photo courtesy of Textron) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has taken receipt of its light and medium Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) prototypes from industry teams and is putting them through the paces this year ahead of a major company-level ...

Army Aims to Develop Light Electric Vehicle By 2025 TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES 3/16/2021 iStock illustration The Army is working on electrification technologies for its platforms, and the service plans to build an electric light vehicle demonstrator that will be ready for testing as early as 2025, an official said March 16. “That is in the realm of the possible,” said Alfred Grein, acting director for Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center. “I'm not saying [it's] a system that would be fielded, but certainly a s...