The Army is moving forward with efforts to integrate robotic vehicles and unmanned aerial systems with human operators.
One example is the robotic autonomous systems platoon, which the Army has tested at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, and Fort Moore, Georgia, formerly known as Fort Benning.
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The Army is moving forward with its efforts to improve individual soldier weapons and equipment, a panel of experts said Oct. 15 at the Association of the U.S. Army.
Speaking at a Warriors Corner event, Brig. Gen. David Hodne, director of the Soldier Lethality Cross-Functional Team, highlighted the progress made since last year’s Annual Meeting.
“In fact, there were some aspects of last year’s AUSA where some would say that what we were pursuing was unachievable,” he said. “And I would tell you, those possibilities are on the [exhibit] floor here today.”
From a new rifle to better-fitting body armor for women, the Army is moving forward with several programs designed to help the individual soldier fight on a future, deadlier battlefield.
The programs are part of a major modernization effort by the Army as it shifts its focus to deterring and fighting a near-peer adversary.
In May, the Army expects to evaluate several weapons prototypes that could potentially replace the M4 carbine and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, said Lt. Gen. James Richardson, deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Futures Command.
The independent and nonpartisan National Defense Strategy Commission says the Army needs to grow in size and capability to match potential adversaries, warning the U.S. could suffer high casualties in a future war and “might struggle to win or perhaps lose.”
“U.S. military superiority is no longer assured and the implications for American interests and American security are severe,” the commission says in its final report. “The United States is particularly at risk of being overwhelmed should its military be forced to fight on two or more fronts simultaneously.”
A two-man team from the 75th Ranger Regiment took first place at this year’s International Sniper Competition, shooting their way past 29 other pairs in a grueling contest.
Staff Sgts. Brandon Kelley and Jonathan Roque of the regiment’s 3rd Battalion at Fort Benning, Ga., where the contest has been held for 18 years, won the weeklong competition for the second consecutive year.
Defense Secretary James Mattis has made being “ready and lethal” an objective for the U.S. military. The “Ready and Lethal” panel organized by the Institute of Land Warfare at the AUSA Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 9, brought together experienced speakers to examine what this means for the Army.
Building a more lethal force is the Pentagon’s top priority, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said. “We have no room for complacency in any domain,” he said.
His remarks came as the Defense Department has elevated the U.S. Cyber Command to the status of a full combatant command and is taking the first steps toward creating the U.S. Space Force as a new and separate armed service. Outer space and cyberspace are “warfighting domains on par with air, land and sea,” he said.
A new Pentagon effort to improve lethality and performance of close combat units “is one of the most important issues any of us have ever undertaken,” said Undersecretary of Defense Robert Wilkie during a discussion hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army’s Institute of Land Warfare.
The U.S. military is “coming back,” Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in response to the unveiling of the $686.1 billion defense budget for 2019 and the bipartisan agreement that lifted 2018 and 2019 caps on military spending.
