US Air Force October 4, 2020 New high-speed Army satellites accelerate attacks on enemy tanks When an Air Force fighter jet or bomber closes in on a high-value target area, poised for attack, or an Army ground unit moves to contact with an enemy, success or failure of a given high-risk mission can often hang in the balance of what can be described in two words – satellite networking.
MENTAL HEALTH October 4, 2020 Active duty suicide rates 'on par' with civilians, concerns grow for National Guard members in 2020: Pentagon Over the course of 2019, some 498 active-duty U.S. military members died not on the battlefield or by accident – but by suicide – primarily by the use of a firearm.
America Together October 1, 2020 Vietnam veteran's ID tag returned to North Dakota widow after found in Russia An Army identification tag lost by an American soldier when he was wounded by a grenade blast in Vietnam was returned Wednesday to his widow after it was found by an American traveling in Russia.
Israel October 1, 2020 US receives first of two 'Iron Dome' batteries from Israel, plans to buy more halted In a quiet ceremony on Wednesday, the U.S. received its first or two pre-ordered Iron Dome batteries from Israel, with Defense Minister Benny Gantz hailing the moment “as further proof that the defense alliance [between the U.S. and Israel] is based on common values and interests, which are stronger than ever.”
US Army September 30, 2020 Army network shortens sensor-to-shooter 'kill web' to 20 seconds The Army’s Project Convergence 2020 sought to bring new, explosive “warfare at speed” dimensions to future combat as part of a broad transformational attempt to surge in front of competitors and near-peer rivals with accelerated networking and sensor-to-shooter times … designed to enable an entirely new generation of warfare possibilities.
US Army September 28, 2020 New Army ‘Accelerated Multi-Node Attack’ enabled by AI at Project Convergence 2020 Gray Eagle drones were armed with HELLFIRE missiles and GBU-69 glide bombs, 155mm artillery weapons fired rounds 60km (37.3 miles) to destroy SA-22 enemy air defenses and armored ground combat vehicles directly hit multiple T-72 tanks during the Army’s Project Convergence 2020 at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz.
US Army September 27, 2020 'Attacking at speed': Army Project Convergence and breakthrough lightning-fast war The U.S. military recently conducted a live-fire full combat replication with unmanned-to-unmanned teaming guiding attacks, small reconnaissance drones, satellites sending target coordinates to ground artillery and high-speed, AI-enabled “networked” warfare.
Proud American September 22, 2020 Former Iraq POW Jessica Lynch on what helps her thrive after captivity: 'Every day is a constant reminder' For Jessica Lynch, waking up and strapping on a leg brace first thing in the morning is always a bitter and blessed reminder of everything she endured after she was captured by Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces in 2003 and held as a Prisoner of War (POW) for nine days.
US Army September 18, 2020 Army pursues new 'Combined Arms Maneuver' warfare attack plan U.S. Army war planners believe winning a major power war against Russia or China will require an intricate and sophisticated blend of weapons, effects, networking and tactics, creating a need for the service to revamp its traditional Combined Arms Maneuver warfare approach.
US Army September 16, 2020 Army developing 'high-rate-of-fire' breakthrough 1,000-mile range cannon Army weapons developers stay on course with an ambitious Long Range Cannon science and technology program aimed at engineering a low-cost, high-rate-of-fire 1,000-mile ground cannon.
US Air Force September 14, 2020 Massive breakthrough: 155 mm howitzer artillery destroys incoming cruise missile In an amazing first, an artillery cannon took out a cruise missile.