WASHINGTON -- Defense officials and leadership from the Army and Marine Corps were joined by Vice President Joseph Biden, Oct. 1, to commemorate the rapid acquisition and delivery of thousands of mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles to Iraq and Afghanistan, and to formally mark the start of the transition of the program's management to the services.
Read more »Each year the Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) and the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) cosponsor a writing contest with a $1000 cash prize. The purpose is to find thought provoking papers that will identify, discuss and influence the outcome of significant defense issues that affect the U.S. Army.
The 2012 ARCIC AUSA writing contest winning paper by Colonel William B. Ostlund is titled "Irregular Warfare: Counterterrorism Forces in Support of Counterinsurgency Operations" and is based on the SOF and GPF Integration theme.
Read more »As Chief of Staff of the Army, I am charged with guiding how the Army resources Readiness, Modernization, and End strength programs to guarantee the strength of the Army into the future. These three "rheostats" must remain balanced – we must make tough decisions on how to apply scarce resources to ensure that our Soldiers can execute the full range of missions that the Army is assigned. In a holistic sense, "modernization" is our comprehensive set of investments in building and sustaining a force that remains technologically advanced and operationally effective
Read more »ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The Army, through the System of Systems Integration Directorate, announced Aug. 24 that it is seeking interested industry and government sources with mature solutions to support the Army's "operational energy" capability gap and to participate in the next Network Integration Evaluation.
Read more »WARREN, Mich. -- The U.S. Army announced that production of the first five Mine Resistant Ambush Protected prototype vehicles equipped with Capability Set 13 is complete and the vehicles have shipped from the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, located in Warren, Mich., to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., where they will undergo safety release testing. Capability Set 13, validated as part of the Army's Network Integration Evaluations (NIEs), is the Army's first fully-integrated package of radios, satellite systems, software applications, smartphone-like devices and other network components that provides integrated connectivity.
Read more »PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- The Army's new M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round is performing well under combat conditions in Afghanistan, but how does it stack up during a rifle competition? The Army recently put it to the test against some of the best marksmen in the world at the 2012 National Rifle Association's National High-Power Rifle Championship at Camp Perry, Ohio, in early August.
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