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Maj. Gen. Patrick Ellis (middle), Network Cross Functional Team, Army Futures Command, participated in a panel discussion focusing on Transforming the Unified Network at Echelon, during the Association of the United States Army’s 2024 Annual Conference, Monday, October 14th, 2024, Washington D.C. (U.S. Army photo by: Austin Thomas)

General in charge of Army’s Next-Gen C2 experiment takes command of unit getting prototype

Maj. Gen. Patrick Ellis, who was the director of the Army's C2 CFT and led experimentation of Next Gen C2, takes command of 4th ID, which is…

5 hours ago By Mark Pomerleau

An American flag patch is worn by a U.S. Army soldier participating in Cyber Yankee, a cyber training exercise hosted by the National Guard, inside the Regional Training Institute at Camp Nett, Niantic, Connecticut, East Lyme, Connecticut, May 17, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Lucibello)

Army gets new principal cyber adviser

The PCA position had been vacant since March 2024.

6 hours ago By Mark Pomerleau

Army recruits officers from Meta, OpenAI and Palantir to serve in new detachment

Executives from high-tech firms Meta, OpenAI and Palantir are joining the Army Reserve at the rank of lieutenant colonel to serve in Detachment 201, a new “Executive…

4 days ago By Jon Harper

The MFEW-AL system is a pod-mounted capability on a MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone. (Photo by John Higgins)

Army moving on from MFEW aerial jammer, embracing backpack as ground-based solution

The Army is pivoting away from its approach for the Multi-Function Electronic Warfare platform and using its TLS Manpack to mount to vehicles for a ground platform…

Jun 11, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Army 1st Armored Division Soldier interfaces with technology during Project Convergence – Capstone 5 (PC-C5) at Fort Irwin, Calif. The technology in use demonstrates moving information quicker on the battlefield. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. James Lu)

Data and integration will be ‘core’ of Army’s Next-Gen C2

The Army is also looking at how much compute and storage is needed at the tactical edge.

Jun 6, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

Master Sgt. David Fisk, Sgt. 1st Class Sandra Ibanez and Staff Sgt. Angel Leon discuss capabilities during a rehearsal for Project Convergence – Capstone 5 (PC-C5) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in April 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Wantroba)

Congress wants to see Army’s ‘homework’ on transformation initiative

“Unfortunately, we still have not received any real information on the Army’s budget request, nor have we received any detailed information on the Army’s Transformation Initiative, or…

Jun 4, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 1st Armored Division inspects an antenna as he prepares for Project Convergence – Capstone 5 (PC-C5) at Fort Irwin, Calif., in early March 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kelvin Johnson)

Next summer could be culmination of bridge network and next-gen C2 for the Army

The Army received over 80 white papers for a competitive commercial services offering for its Next Generation Command and Control effort.

Jun 4, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

Derrick Anderson, GOP candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District speaks to supporters election night in Fredericksburg, Virginia on November 5, 2024. (Photo by Maxwell Posner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump nominates former congressional candidate, Green Beret to oversee special operations forces

The nomination for ASD SO/LIC was referred to the Senate Armed Services Committee for consideration.

Jun 3, 2025 By Jon Harper

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division use a Developmental Command Exportable Lab to assemble first-person view drones for use during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Exportable at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, on May 24, 2025. The capability enabled the deployment of more than 100 FPV drones during this rotation. (Photo by 1st Lt. Aylin Hernandez, 25th Infantry Division).

25th Infantry Division testing forward-deployed 3D printers in the Pacific

2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division is also improving its counter-drone tactics.

Jun 3, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Army Spc. Anton Lane, a combat medic with specialized drone training, assigned to 5-7 Cavalry, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division visually tracks a Skydio X10E4TT drone shortly after deploying it for surveillance during exercise Combined Resolve 25-2 at Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany on May 17, 2025. (US Army photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Fist Class Richard Hoppe, Released).

U.S. Army is already taking lessons from Ukraine’s drone attack on Russia’s strategic bombers

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George talked about the high-profile attack during an AI conference Monday.

Jun 2, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau