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US Army embracing remote maintenance beyond Ukraine

October 10, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is applying the telemaintenance capability it developed in a parking lot in Poland to its most challenging logistical theater — the Indo-Pacific, according to the head of Army Materiel Command. “It has been a great enabler to the warfight in Ukraine,” Gen. Charles Hamilton told Defense News in an interview just ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army…
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Data powers Army’s return to the ‘lost arts’ of wartime personnel work

October 9, 2023
WASHINGTON — Fiscal 2023 proved busy for the Army’s top personnel officials. A recruiting crisis made it harder to fill the ranks — and project what future forces the service needs and how it can fill those units. A new Army-wide human resources system debuted after multiple delays. And Russia invaded Ukraine. According to Lt. Gen. Douglas Stitt, the Army’s top personnel officer and leader…
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US Army moves to pre-position materials in Pacific

October 9, 2023
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…
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Army pursuit of new air and missile defense interceptors heating up

October 9, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is gearing up to pursue new interceptors capable of countering a wide range of threats, from cruise to ballistic to hypersonic missiles, according to the service’s program executive officer for missiles and space. The Army is close to beginning a process to competitively acquire a second interceptor for its Dynetics-developed Indirect Fire Protection Capability and…
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US Army heads to Capitol Hill to make case for force structure

October 9, 2023
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…
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US Army developing integrated formations of robots and humans

October 9, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is using years’ worth of experimentation with robots and emerging technology to develop integrated fighting formations of both humans and robots, according to service officials in charge of modernization efforts. “We should never again trade…
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US Army seeks to drive down costs within hypersonic missile industry

October 9, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army sees opportunities for industry to drive down the cost of producing hypersonic missiles as it helps to grow the industrial base, which was essentially nonexistent roughly five years ago, according to Chris Mills, the deputy director for the service’s hypersonics project office within the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office. The Army awarded a contract…
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