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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Biden Must Boost 2022 Budget To Counter China The Army and Air Force are locked in battle over missions and the dollars that go with them. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs — an Army guy — has predicted a "bloodletting" with the Army the likely loser as the country grapples with how to manage the growing rivalries with China and Russia. Stopping…

GM Defense: New President, New Factory, New Electric Truck The fledgling defense wing of the giant civilian automaker rolled out an all-electric version of its Infantry Squad Vehicle, eying an Army competition for a stealthy electric scout.

Army Network Upgrade Seeks Fast Data For JADC2 The upcoming upgrade to the Army's tactical network, Capability Set '23, will exploit the boom in commercial Low- and Medium-Earth Orbit satellites to boost communications for fast-moving Stryker units.

Exclusive: Army Plan May Loosen IC Grip On Sat-Based ISR "The Army needs information when and where they want it," said Rob Zitz, a former Army intel official. "The IC should not get a vote on what Army needs or how Army executes combat missions."

Army Wants To Accelerate FTUAS Drone "I think it's unanimous from all the soldiers involved that we got this one right," said the Army's project manager for the Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System. Manned aircraft, FARA and FLRAA, are also moving out sharply.

Project Convergence: AIs vs. Uncertainty "We demonstrated… that having that person in the loop is not a huge time sink," AITF director Doug Matty told me. "By presenting the right information at the appropriate level of confidence, it actually accelerated the mission."

How Future Vertical Lift Will Help The Army Prepare For A Converged Battlespace [Sponsored] The Army's Fight for Battlefield Control is Changing, Lockheed Martin is Leaning in with Innovation

Inside Russia's Robot Army: Rhetoric vs. Reality Russia has big ambitions for unmanned systems, said CNA scholar Sam Bendett, but it faces the same technical hurdles as the US — and shares the same concerns about human control.

FVL: Don't Pick The Tiltrotor, V-22 Test Pilot Tells Army In the competition for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, high agility and low life-cycle costs matter most, a former Marine tiltrotor test pilot argues.

Who's Who in Defense: Gen. James McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army McConville is principal military advisor and deputy to the Secretary of the Army. Appointed in August 2019, he replaced Gen. Mark Milley, now chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Army Briefs Industry On Future Air & Ground Standards "Modular open systems architecture… is the foundation of all our future modernization," said Brig. Gen. Glenn Dean. The Bradley replacement, OMFV, will be the test case.

Army Artillery's AI Gets Live-Fire Exercises In Europe, Pacific "We have data collection managers onsite, with stopwatches, [timing] how long does it take the data to get… from Point A to Point B to C," said Army APNT director Willie Nelson.

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