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US Army taps industry for autonomous drones to resupply troops January 15 A drone carrying a mailbox of Swiss Post flies past July 7, 2015, above the airport of Bellechasse, western Switzerland, during a news conference. Two U.S. armed services are taking steps to acquire an autonomous aerial resupply capability for infantry brigade combat teams. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is tapping industry for drones that can deliver supplies to infantry brigade combat teams in the field, according to a request for information posted to the federal contracting...

US Army awaits imminent IBCS production decision 12 January 2021 by Ashley Roque The Pentagon will announce within days whether it is green-lighting production of the US Army’s new Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) network, Janes has learned. The army had anticipated that Ellen Lord, the Pentagon’s acquisition chief, would hold the IBCS milestone C review in mid-November 2020 but as of early January the service had not yet been notified of a decision, according to an army spokesperson. However, Lord’s office told Janes on 11 January that the announcement will be coming within days...

Chief of US Army Futures Command: The service is experiencing a technological evolution By: Gen. Mike Murray   January 11 The fundamental character of warfare is changing. Increased globalization and technological evolutions guarantee that if the United States wants to maintain overmatch in all domains — land, sea, air, space and cyberspace — we must adapt and modernize. As part of this effort, U.S. Army Futures Command was created and placed at the forefront of identifying and implementing cutting-edge and transformational ways to conduct warfare. The future fight will likel...

Beijing keeps getting more advanced, but Washington has the edge on quick sensor-to-shooter times. Armed assault vehicles operating ground and aerial robots worked in tandem with other combat assets to demonstrate a new People’s Liberation Army tank-like reconnaissance robot. The recent exercises, the Chinese government-backed Global Times paper said, included “a special mission reconnaissance robot, the use of newly commissioned assault vehicles and the practice of coordinated aerial drone swarm operations.” The robot is a robot ground vehicle which runs on caterpillar tracks, with...

subscribe DARPA selects teams to capture potable water from air Staff Sgt. Shaun Martin, a combat medic assigned to Blanchfield’s LaPointe Army Medical Home on Fort Campbell (Source: Maria Christina Yager/Blanchfield Army Community Hospital) key enablers | 07 January 2021 | Stephen Kuper key enablers SHARES The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded five contracts and selected one government partner to develop technology to capture potable water from the air in quantities sufficient to meet critical DoD needs, even in extremely dry climates. The US...