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M1 Abrams: This Tank Is Old (But There Is Nothing Like It On the Planet) There are several key variables that likely continue to inform Army plans to preserve its heavy Abrams tank for decades into the future. Robots, Optionally-Manned Tanks, highly networked lightweight armored vehicles and armed reconnaissance ground drones are all capturing massive amounts of attention from Army futurists and weapons developers for understandable and appropriate reasons.   Yet meanwhile, an interesting and often under-recognized fact is concurrently operating beneath the radar, the apparent reality that ...

US Army aviation exercise unveils unprecedented progress as service preps for future war Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah — Aircrew in the back of a Black Hawk helicopter performing an air assault mission typically have limited information on the status and layout of a landing zone. But a two-weeklong exercise in the Utah desert gave those aboard three UH-60L helos unprecedented intelligence as they raced to their objective. The crew at exercise Edge 21 received Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS, goggles as well as ...

Texas A&M University-Central Texas celebrated the graduation of 17 cadets in their ROTC program who officially received their promotions as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army in a ceremony at the university on Monday. Each of the new Army officers was promoted by loved ones before receiving the traditional “First Salute” by an enlisted military family member or friend. After receiving the salute, the new lieutenants presented a silver dollar to the person who gave them their first salute, to symbolically acknowledge the receipt of respect due the new rank and position. All of the n...

Red Cross Calls for Limits on Autonomous Weapons Experts said the group’s unique stature might get governments to the negotiating table at last. The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for new international rules on how governments use autonomous weapons, warning that such weapons will pose new challenges for international humanitarian law in the future and bring “significant risks of harm to civilians and combatants alike,” Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC, said in a speech Wednesday.  It's a move that will reshape the international discussion on autonomous ...

I am Vanessa Guillén Act reintroduced: ‘We must save those who are saving our lives’ The bill would take cases of sexual assault outside the military chain of command over a year after Guillén, a Houston native, went missing from Fort Hood. Mayra Guillen, second from left, and Lupe Guillen, second from right, sisters of 20-year-old murder victim U.S. Army Private First Class Vanessa Guillen, speak outside on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021, during an event to reintroduction the "I am Vanessa Guillen Act." Also participating in the event are Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Te...