Defense

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is ready to pursue a prototyping program for an electric light reconnaissance vehicle beginning in fiscal 2024, pending funding approval from Congress, the service’s program executive officer for combat support and combat services support told Defense News. “We’re ready to get working on that program,” Brig. Gen. Luke Peterson said in an interview ahead of the…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is expecting a positive progress report toward achieving a clean audit for fiscal 2023, the service’s comptroller told Defense News in an interview ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference. While the final reports won’t be released until November, “we are really hopeful that this will be the first year for the Army that we will actually be…

WASHINGTON — The Army is hoping progress made at Talisman Sabre, the joint U.S.-Australian exercise this summer, could open doors for it to position more equipment in the Indo-Pacific region. The service sees expanding its pre-positioned equipment in the area as part of its contribution to deterring China. And the Army made headway this summer when it was permitted to permanently keep three…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Army leaders will head to Capitol Hill after this week’s Association of the U.S. Army conference to share its planned force structure changes, meant to ready the service to fight high-end adversaries, according to Army Secretary Christine Wormuth. “We need to align structure with end strength over the next several years to ensure we can field the right formations and ensure…