Army
The US Army is interested in acquiring drone boats to supplement its limited fleet of supply and transport watercraft in the Pacific.The Army faces fleet size and readiness problems with its watercraft. Uncrewed surface vessels, or USVs, are seen as a potential solution that could relieve the logistics strain on…
At a recent exercise at Fort Polk, Louisiana, a US Army company commander used attack drones and ground robots to destroy enemy positions, clearing the way for soldiers.The drones and robots did the difficult and dangerous work that a rifle company might otherwise have had to do, showing the role…
The US Army has merged two formations into a new Pacific-focused command built to move fast, operate with limited support, and effectively bring drones, electronic warfare, and long-range fires into a future fight.The command, shaped by years of experimentation, including drills with regional allies, is meant to give the Army…
In a future war, an enemy could attempt to target US bases with cyber attacks and drone strikes to cripple American forces before the fighting even really begins.It’s a challenge that the US Army recently assessed during a tabletop exercise, drawing inspiration from real-world action, including Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb attack…
As the US Army tests its new warfighting software, soldiers say they are trying to use artificial intelligence for specific battlefield problems, not treat it as a fix for everything.Soldiers said that their approach to putting AI capabilities into Next Generation Command and Control, or NGC2, the Army’s new battlefield…
Future warfare will be fast-paced and chaotic. That’s forcing the US Army to rethink the field posts that are increasingly in their enemy’s crosshairs.The problem for the US is straightforward: Command posts send and receive a high volume of transmissions on battlefield information that an advanced adversary, like Russia or…
US Army leaders are trying to break down the decades-old technology barriers that have kept weapons, sensors, and command systems from easily sharing information, a critical step as the service pushes to make battlefield decisions faster.A recent exercise, the Project Jailbreak hackathon, brought top defense companies and the Army together…
Focus groups are a mainstay of retail, but Walmart’s warehouse club is taking it to another level in its battle against Costco.Sam’s Club is assembling a large and growing community of shoppers to help it develop new products as it races to expand the value of a membership.The company said…
