Weekly Briefing: Land Warfare News and Analysis

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Army Wants New Mega-Jammer In 2023: TLS-EAB Mounted on a pair of heavy trucks, the Terrestrial Layer System – Echelons Above Brigade (TLS-EAB) will do long-range jamming for high-level HQs – and fry the circuits of incoming enemy missiles as well.

Army Wrestles With 'Information Advantage' A host of high-tech specialties will have to work together, Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty said, so "stop fighting and start figuring out how to integrate the capability."

Army Robots Hunt Tanks In Project Convergence The pair of unmanned scout vehicles had enough AI smarts aboard to navigate cross-country, identify "enemy" forces, and open fire – but a human still decides whether to shoot.

USS Vinson Flies F-35s & Quietly Readies For New Refueling Drone Headlines have celebrated the carrier's new F-35s — but the Navy also added upgrades to the Vinson for the MQ-25 refueling drone, which could be a game-changer for future ops.

Longer-Range Missiles & More AI: Project Convergence 2021 Next fall, the Army aims to test a new artificial intelligence for artillery and fire the prototype PrSM missile to its full 300-plus-mile range — once they find a venue that's big enough.

Marine F-35s Share Targeting Data With Army: Project Convergence The Army's future-warfare exercise overcame a host of technical glitches to link systems ranging from NRO and NGA spy satellites to Marine Corps fighter jets.

Pushing Data 'From Space To Mud': Project Convergence "I have never in my life seen the cooperation between the agencies…the services…[and] across the Army" that's happening in this fall's wargames, Army space expert Willie Nelson told me.

New Ships In Navy Plan = No 'Slaughter Across The Beach' For Marines The new ships will come from the Navy budget, and "the Marines are not asking for a nickel more," from Congress, Commandant Gen. David Berger said.

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