Army
The US Army is preparing to test autonomous Ford F-250 pickup trucks in a training exercise, part of a broader effort to determine whether familiar commercial vehicles can perform dangerous battlefield jobs without soldiers.Forterra, the defense-technology company supplying the trucks’ autonomous-driving system, says that the vehicles could eventually support missions…
The US Army put its prototype command-and-control system to the test in the desert. Now, it’s sorting out what performed well enough to be scaled across the service — and what should be cut.The Army has been developing Next Generation Command and Control, or NGC2, alongside industry partners like Anduril…
As military medical personnel prepare to face complex battlefields where wounded troops may wait hours or even days for evacuation, the Army school tasked with readying special operations medics for future fights is turning to AI to pack in more lessons into their training.The military’s preparations for large-scale combat operations…
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…
