All Your AUSA 2021 News In One Place

Special coverage wrap up of AUSA 2021 Annual Meeting & Exposition from Breaking Defense ____________________________________________________

AUSA 2021 Annual Meeting & Exposition Is Over. Here's All The News That Happened, In One Convenient Place. Setting The Pace Of Performance – Through Digital Transformation Presented by Raytheon Missiles & Defense At  Raytheon Missiles & Defense, we're applying digital design – from AI to digital twins to 5G – to bring next-generation advantages to the field, faster and more cost-effectively.   US Army's Precision Strike Missile Surpasses INF-Imposed 'Maximum Threshold' In New Test This week's test exceeded the 499km threshold the Army had initially set for PrSM. 'Come In Low': Army Aviation Modifies Training To Prepare For Rivals Like Russia, China "We're going to be flying in lower flight profiles than we have over the last 20 years in counterinsurgency operations and so, even today, we are changing the way we train Army aviators," said Maj. Gen. David Francis. The Army And Marine Corps Have A New Option For Assured PNT Today [Sponsored] Leonardo DRS' AC²ES Assured Position, Navigation, and Timing solution for MFoCS-equipped tactical vehicles creates a bridging and interim capability to fill a gap. Four Questions With Army Futures Commander Gen. John Murray "You're not going to see the breakthroughs if every bit of risk is baked out of everything we do from the very beginning. We'll never be able to keep up with the pace of change," Murray said. 'Absolutely Not True': Army CIO Answers Claim US Has Already Lost To China In AI "If you looked at both what we have in the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, across the federal government and our industrial partners, we have the best AI technology," Army CIO Ray Iyer said. Block II Chinook: Still The Answer – Now And In The Future Advertisement [Sponsored] With greater lift and increased commonality, the Army's heavy-lift helicopter just keeps getting better. To Aid Digital Transformation, Army Eyes 'One Cloud' And Faster Acquisition "The Army in the past has always executed traditional IT in a very decentralized way — we let every command do their own thing," Army CIO Raj Iyer said. "Now, if you look at the requirements for multi-domain operations, that model doesn't work anymore." AMPV Weld Problems Fixed; BAE, Army Agree On New Baseline The program, which was rebaselined during Low Rate Initial Production, is now meeting monthly production goals, Jim Schimer, deputy PEO for ground combat systems, told us. But a "gap remains" between what BAE was contracted to supply and what they are supplying. The Future Of Tactical Vehicles Is In Electrification And Autonomy Advertisement [Sponsored] GM Defense is translating its parent company's experience in electrification, autonomy, and connectivity to tactical vehicles. Top Pentagon Arms Sales Official, Heidi Grant, Exits; Expected To Land At Boeing Heidi Grant has been leading the Defense Security Cooperation Agency for 15 months. Northrop Grumman Eyes Next-Gen SIGINT For Army "So I think [the concept of integration is] so simple and yet so hard to achieve," Northrop VP Walsmith said. "You need to be able to integrate applications, whether they're your own or someone else's, with ease and simplicity. It is easy to say. It's very hard to engineer." The Linchpin For Army Evolution To Multi-Domain Operations Is Already Here: Gray Eagle [Sponsored] What Army leaders want out of future battlefield systems is a stable hardware enabled by powerful software that makes it easy to upgrade, integrate accessories and accomplish their tasks. German Defense Company RENK Group Unveils American Subsidiary The American subsidiary wants to give the Army and primes a "one point of contact" for vehicle propulsion. Backed By Army, Smart Shooter Now Looks To Sell Counter-Drone Tech To Marines The threat of small UAS is a growing one for militaries around the world, with the Pentagon pursuing a number of different options for how to take down such systems. Advancing The Science Of Breast Cancer Research For Soldiers And Families [Sponsored] October is Breast Cancer Month, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine is waging a highly modernized war on breast cancer. Poland's Self-Propelled Mortar Gets A Redesign The new chassis provides a much higher level of anti-mine and ballistic protection than previous designs for a key part of Poland's land forces. The US Army Is About To Launch Its New Missile At 'Max' Range Wednesday's test of the Precision Strike Missile will attempt to go 499 km. McConville: Soldiers To See Prototypes Of 24 'Signature' Modernization Systems By FY23 Army Chief of Staff said modernization efforts are "already paying off." Army's Mid-Range Capability Builds On Navy Missiles To Speed Fielding The Army is on track to deliver a first prototype MRC by 2023, said Marcia Holmes, deputy director at the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technology Office. Pentagon's R&D Czar 'Looking For Money' for 32 New Tech Projects Heidi Shyu, the Pentagon's top R&D official, is seeking funding in FY22 to start a new round of experiments in FY23. Army To Field Project Convergence Tech 'As Quickly As Possible' AUSA: As the Army puts scores of cutting-edge technologies and capabilities through the ringer at its Project Convergence experiment the deserts of Arizona over the next four weeks, top Army officials are watching closely to see what survives and to get it into the hands of soldiers "as quickly as possible." Army General: Missiles To 'Overwhelm' Adversary Must Be Requirement for JADC2 "Penetrating and disintegrating A2/AD is the fundamental problem of all-domain operations. It's the hardest problem we've got," said Brig. Gen. John Rafferty. 'Global By Nature': Generals Say Unified Network Is 'Operational Imperative' "I will offer you there will be no sanctuary in the next fight. We have to have a resilient network," Lt. Gen. John Morrison said. With All Eyes On China, US Army Must Ensure It's Prepared To Deter Russia In Europe A "myopia for the Pacific too often overlooks, to America's peril, Russia and its growing land forces," warns Dan Goure in this op-ed. Project Convergence 2021 Kicks Off; Showcases 110 New Technologies "Unfortunately, some of the Army's signature modernization efforts, as spectacular as they are, don't work with the other signature modernization efforts," said Ed Mornston, G2 at Army Futures Command. GM's Massive Electric Vehicle Investments Could Pay Off For Defense The parent company has pledged to invest $35 billion through 2025 for investments in electric and autonomous vehicles. Across Europe, Billions Being Funneled Into New Armored Vehicle Programs The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain could ultimately involve buying in excess of 3,200 new heavy armored platforms, with a price tag of over $11.5 billion over the next 15 years. Products Speak Louder Than PowerPoints [Sponsored] Kratos is disrupting the traditional procurement model by learning what the customer wants and developing it long before the Request for Proposal. Wormuth: Army Analyzing 'Everything' As It Looks To The Future, And The Budget "It's fair to say we are looking at everything," said Christine Wormuth, the secretary of the Army. IAI Wins Israeli Carmel Land Vehicle Competition; Company Wants American Partner The Israeli competition could have an impact on technologies being developed for the US Army's OMFV. Army Puts Leidos Special Mission Plane Through Paces At Project Convergence A newly configured plane — which they're calling ARTEMIS 2.0 — is expected to be ready in March 2022, Leidos says. This comes after two extensive deployments to both the Pacific and European theaters, flying more than 569 mission hours and boasting an impressive readiness rate of more than 90 percent in 2020. Raytheon Announces New Medium-Range Radar System AUSA: Raytheon Missiles & Defense announced today a new medium range radar for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) with extended range and altitude coverage. Why The Army Still Matters In The Pacific "The point is, that it is Asia that is the prize. We call it the Pacific, but Asia is the prize," argues Maj. Gen. Brad Gericke, the Army's director for strategy, plans and policy. "And that's where power, that's where economic, military social informational power is going to primarily emanate from over the next century." Lockheed Unveils New Laser Weapon For Army's Stryker Vehicles Lockheed hopes to unseat an incumbent team of Raytheon and Kord Technologies, which received a $123.9 million contract this summer. Murray: Army's Modernization Push Requires Persistence To Be Successful "We spend a lot of time thinking about what is and what can be, and we spend almost no time thinking about what could be," Murray said. Poland Kicks Off Homegrown SHORAD System: Narew The new system, which could cost between $12 and $17 billion, will be almost entirely homegrown – a major impact on Polish industry. Army, NRO Pioneer Direct Sat Imagery Downlink In 'Scarlet Dragon' The ability to directly access remote sensing satellite data for targeting has long been a Holy Grail for the Army. Peraton Developing 'Single-Pane-Of-Glass' Visibility Across Army's Unified Network "If there's one thing DoD and industry have done, it's try a whole bunch of different tools over the last 10 to 12 years. What we have to do now is string them all together to show which ones work best for the capabilities the Army needs today and divest the ones that they don't need," Peraton VP Jennifer Napper said. Army Spreads Wings With 'Dark Eagle' Hypersonic Missile Hardware The delivery is a significant milestone for the Army's Long Range Precision Fires modernization effort.

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