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US Army must plan how to manage electric battlefield, lawmakers say
The Army hasn't shown a plan for how it might manage battlefield electric power storage and distribution, so lawmakers want to see what's on the table.
By Jen Judson
Researchers hunt for soldiers’ graves at Montana’s Rosebud Battlefield
A team of researchers conducted a survey last week trying to find the remains of nine men.
By Paul Hamby
Army’s ‘Scarlet Dragon’ uses AI with Navy, Air Force and Marine assets to rapidly find, ID and destroy targets
The Army achieved machine-to-machine learning at scale.
By Todd South
Soldiers with this Stryker unit test tool to ‘see’ the electronic battlefield
The tool allows soldiers to plan for the effects of electronic attacks.
By Todd South
Airborne soldiers are testing the Army’s newest squad fighting vehicle
The vehicle seats a nine-soldier squad and is highly mobile in most terrain.
By Todd South
Construction, renovation, unit moves solidify Grand Forks AFB’s role as the center of the service’s ISR mission
The 319th Reconnaissance Wing will add units at remote sites to its command, starting next year.
By Todd South
Robins looks to bring home the BACN under new Air Force proposal
If Congress signs off on the proposal, Robins would get a squadron of nine E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node aircraft.
AC-130J Ghostrider flies close-air support at Exercise Balikatan, a first
The deployment of the Ghostrider, assigned to the 73rd Special Operations Squadron out of Hurlburt Field, Florida, also marked the first time the updated J model of the AC-130 has landed in or operated in Japan.
By Air Force Times staff
Drones are biggest tactical concern since the rise of IEDs in Iraq, CENTCOM boss says
Videos from battlefields in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine show the havoc that small drones bring to unsuspecting ground forces.
By Kyle Rempfer