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Army leaders see Latin America as backyard test bed for military tech

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The work that U.S. Southern Command is best known for — counternarcotics — is only one challenge the often-overlooked theater faces. “You need to pause and understand the threat in this area of operations is real and it goes well beyond counternarcotics,” said Maj. Gen. Dusty Shultz, the command’s director of intelligence. Shultz spoke on a panel here Oct. 10 at the…
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Army at work on a digital ‘blue book’ app, top enlisted soldier says

WASHINGTON — Noncommissioned officers across the Army will gain a new leadership reference tool next year, Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Weimer announced Wednesday afternoon at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference. The “Army Blue Book and Digital Library,” as the program is tentatively named, is under development with the Army Software Factory and Training and Doctrine…
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Boeing flies upgraded AH-64E Apache for first time

WASHINGTON — Boeing has flown a new version of the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter with upgraded capabilities, the company announced Oct. 11 at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference. The Version 6.5 attack helicopter, which Boeing went under contract to…
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Four questions with the US Army’s acquisition chief

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has sent millions of rounds of artillery ammunition to Ukraine along with a wide variety of other weapons and equipment to support the country amid Russia’s full-scale invasion, which began in February 2022. The effort has shone a light on the Army’s inventory and the age of its organic industrial base, revealing areas that require reinforcement. The service is…
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Water wars: Army tackles water use, reuse and its effects on combat

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Army scientists and engineers are developing ways to reuse water, power devices without generators, and fight in the littorals all while remembering that nature always has a say in the outcome of any military operation. Much of that work is being done at the Army’s Engineer Research Development Center, under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which brought a group of…
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