Weekly Briefing: Land Warfare

The latest news and analysis on land warfare, from Breaking Defense._____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Weekly Briefing Land Warfare

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Fast-To-Field Battlefield Mobility [Sponsored] The Army is looking to field better tactical vehicles by pulling forward the best commercial technologies.

Future Tank: Beyond The M1 Abrams Manned armored vehicles will have a place even in a world of killer drones, experts agreed. But will they engage the enemy directly with big guns, or stay hidden and send out armed robots instead?

AUSA Fires Back At Air Force: Long-Range Missiles Aren't 'Stupid' The benefit of diverse and effective long-range precision fires was reinforced by then-U.S. Pacific Command Commander Navy Adm. Harry Harris, who challenged the Army to develop more lethal, long-range precision fires that could not only engage adversary land targets, but also sink ships at sea.

Joint Force Vs. China: Project Convergence 21 "This is a journey to see what's possible, what can we do with today's technologies, for a relatively minor cost," Gen. John Murray told us. "Project Convergence '20 cost us about the same thing as one Combat Training Center rotation" — $23 million.

Q&A: Gen. Mike Murray On JADC2, Project Convergence, & Future War EXCLUSIVE "It comes down to data standards and it comes down to architecture. How does the Air Force architecture integrate with the Army architecture and with the Navy architecture? What are those crossover points?"

Faster, Tougher, Smarter: Army's Future Armored Force EXCLUSIVE Adding robot scouts and replacing vintage vehicles – the M113, the M2 Bradley, and potentially even the M1 Abrams – will make heavy brigades much more mobile, lethal, and aware of threats, Maj. Gen. Richard Ross Coffman says.

Can Army Triple PrSM Missile's Range ? PrSM is preparing for its first 300-plus-mile flight test this year, while the ERCA cannon and hypersonic LRHW head for key tests in 2023.

Historic Marine Plan to Reinvent The Corps EXCLUSIVE The document outlines an evolving effort to stand up a series of small, agile units tasked with air defense, anti-ship and submarine warfare, and seizing, holding and resupplying ad hoc bases to support an island-hopping campaign in the Pacific.

Anduril Buys Mini-Drone Maker Area-I The new owners bring venture capital and software expertise to upgrade Area-I's ALTIUS mini-drone, already a favorite in Army experiments with 'Air-Launched Effects.'

IVAS: Microsoft Award By Army Worth Up To $21.9B Congress is skeptical of the augmented-reality IVAS goggles, which can display everything from cross-hairs for targeting to simulated enemy soldiers for training.

US Must Relearn How To Contain China: Gen. Murray EXCLUSIVE "The Chinese see competition as a whole of government effort [and] they're actually pretty good at it," the Army Futures Command Chief told us. "We're way out of practice."

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