A team made up of Textron Systems, Howe & Howe and FLIR Systems, Inc. debuted the Ripsaw M5 unmanned vehicle at the 2019 Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting. (Courtesy Textron)
Textron Systems announced Thursday that it will deliver an all-electric version of its M5 Ripsaw Robotic Combat Vehicle prototype to the U.S. Army for experimentation next year.
Earlier this year…
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 11th Armored Calvary Regiment, acting as the Opposing Force, engage simulated enemy targets during Decisive Action Rotation 20-04 at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, Calif., Feb. 14, 2020. (U.S. Army photo/Nathan Franco)
Army…
A U.S. Army UH-72A Lakota helicopter performs equipment checks prior to the 58th Presidential Inauguration over Washington D.C., January 18, 2017. (U.S. National Guard/Staff Sgt. Patrick P. Evenson)
The Secretary of the Army today said that the Defense Department is now…
The Army Is Reorganizing Its SFAB Units to Deploy Globally
October 22, 2020
Team Healthcare Sgt., Staff Sgt. Jordan Blas, Combat Advisor Team 5110, 1st Battalion, 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade, discusses a training engagement with the Royal Thai Army’s Lt. Col. Takham Pratya, Aug. 20, 2020 at Camp Thanarat, Thailand. (U.S. Army/ Maj. William Leasure)
The general overseeing the Army’s Security Force Assistance Brigades on Tuesday outlined a plan to assign…
Infantrymen with the Army National Guard’s 3/278th Armored Cavalry Regiment based out of Lewisberg, Penn., storm into action during an attack on the simulated village of Rajeesh, at the Army’s Fort Irwin National Training Center. (Sarah Kirby/U.S. Army)
The secretary…
Textron Systems Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle variant. (Matthew Cox/Military.com)
Textron Systems is preparing to deliver a new batch of Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) prototypes to the Army, featuring improvements from recent soldier testing.
The Army is in the…
An MQ-9 Reaper views the smoky San Gabriel Mountains of southern California in transit to a fire mission in northern California, late August, 2020. (California Air National Guard)
A large hunter-killer drone commonly associated with classified missions over the Middle East has played a crucial role in the Army National Guard’s efforts to combat raging wildfires on the West Coast, the…
Army Wants to Spend Nearly $10 Billion to Revamp its Barracks
October 22, 2020
An employee from the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Directorate of Public Works installs vinyl flooring in a day room in barracks building 1206 Aug. 27, 2020, on Clay Kaserne. Day rooms provide a space for recreation and unwinding. (Army photo by Emily Jennings)
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Fort Bliss Army Captain Dies After His Vehicle Is Rammed; Other Driver Faces Murder Charge
October 22, 2020
Capt. Malcolm X. Perry was killed in a vehicle accident early Sunday morning. (Photo Provided By 1st AD and Fort Bliss Public Affairs Office)
AUSTIN, Texas — An El Paso man has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of an Army officer from Fort Bliss…
Army Wants Missile to Kill Enemy Targets Beyond 900 Miles
October 22, 2020
A precision strike missile was fired on April 30, 2020, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and hit a target 85 kilometers away. (Lockheed Martin)
U.S. Army modernization officials want to field a new mid-range missile that can kill targets at triple the distance of the 500-kilometer-range Precision Strike Missile (PrSM). For context, that’s enough range to fire from Washington, D.C. and…
