Army
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Learning from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US Army drone trainers are teaching soldiers to be ready for a threat many US troops haven’t faced in decades: a sky they don’t control.The US has had control of the air in its recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, allowing it to move…
US Army drone school leaders said quickly changing battlefields mean the kind of companies the Army wants to work with are the ones making plug-and-play gear that’s easily upgraded.The Army is training soldiers for rapidly changing drone warfare. Leaders say keeping pace — and gaining an edge — requires weapons…
An elite British Army battalion is going all in on drones after working closely with Ukrainian soldiers and seeing how central these systems have become in modern warfare.The 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards now has 78 of its 300 members qualified as drone operators, its commanding officer, Lt. Col.…
Army leaders say the modern battlefield is so saturated with sensors and networked weapons generating more data than soldiers can realistically process on their own that artificial intelligence is needed to meaningfully sort it all.For years, the Army’s focus was on fielding more sensors for battlefield information and awareness, but…
New US Army warfighting software is speeding up and simplifying the command job, a commander said recently, sharing that it lets him scrap the “hourlong staff meetings” to make decisions.The Army, like other services, believes that future wars will be determined by the speed of decision-making. That’s where the new…
Ukraine showed the US Army just how effective small drones can be, not just as scouts, but as offensive weapons, officials told Business Insider.Maj. Wolf Amacker, who leads the Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Tactics Branch at the Aviation Center of Excellence, told Business Insider the service had a capability…
The US Army is resurrecting two of its equine programs — its horse-mounted ceremonial units — reversing plans announced last summer to eliminate all but two.Last year, the Army sought to shutter five equine programs, largely devoted to ceremonial duties, to save money. But the service has had a change…
