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The Secretary of the Army, Daniel Driscoll, looks at Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) equipment during a visit to Project Convergence – Capstone 5 at Fort Irwin, Calif., in March 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Janean Carr)

Lockheed Martin lands deal for Army’s next-gen C2 initiative

The NGC2 initiative aims to improve how the service passes data to commanders so they can make better and faster decisions on the battlefield.

1 day ago By Jon Harper

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth tests a Dronebuster while touring static displays led by the 3rd Battalion, 10th Mountain Division (3/10 MTN) Warriors and Foreign Legion Force Poland Battle Group in Powidz, Poland, Feb. 15, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander C. Kubitza)

Hegseth orders Army secretary to create new joint interagency counter-drone task force

The new task force will be expected to serve as the Defense Department’s lead organization for developing capabilities to defeat small unmanned aerial systems.

Aug 28, 2025 By Jon Harper

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)

Army using incremental ‘sprints’ to scale Next Gen C2 to division level

4th Infantry Division will be using the serialized Ivy Sting exercises to incrementally add capabilities to the NGC2 prototype ahead of Project Convergence 6.

Aug 26, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

Bravo Company (Bandits), 11th Cyber Battalion, culminated months of home station training with participation in National Training Center Rotation 25-03, January and February 2025. Expeditionary CEMA (Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities) Team 05 and ECT 06, B Co., 11CB, conducted electromagnetic reconnaissance, radio frequency enabled offensive cyber operations, and special purpose electromagnetic attacks to shape operations during the rotation for III Armor Corps, 1st Infantry Division, and 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). (Photo by Steven Stover, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber))

Army looking to inject more cyber capabilities into formations at the division level

In the next two years, the Army wants to give more cyber tools to divisions.

Aug 22, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division set up a command post with the M1301 Infantry Squad Vehicle during exercise Spectrum Blitz 25 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, April 11, 2025. Spectrum Blitz 25 is an exercise that provides an opportunity to train Electronic Warfare Teams in Electronic Warfare Training Strategies at the platoon level. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Collin Mackall)

Electronic warfare receiving more senior level attention within the Army

The Army released an electromagnetic warfare strategy in March and is working on an implementation plan.

Aug 21, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Army 125th Intelligence Electronic Warfare (IEW) Battalion, Electronic Warfare team, gives a capabilities brief of the V-Max to Colonel Paul Hayward, Deputy Commander – Interoperability, 25th Infantry Division, during Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023, at the 5th Marine Combat Training Center, Puslatpur, Indonesia, Sept. 3, 2023. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Thornburgh)

One electronic warfare payload to rule them all?

The Army is pursuing a modular mission payload to serve as a universal EW standard where capabilities can be loaded onto systems.

Aug 21, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

(Image courtesy Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company)

Sikorsky lands Army contract to modernize Black Hawk helicopters to carry and launch drones

Upgrades to the UH-60 Black Hawks will allow the helicopters to carry and deploy the Army's "launched effects" drones, expected to field in 2026.

Aug 20, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Bravo Company (Bandits), 11th Cyber Battalion, culminated months of home station training with participation in National Training Center Rotation 25-03, January and February 2025. Expeditionary CEMA (Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities) Team 05 and ECT 06, B Co., 11CB, conducted electromagnetic reconnaissance, radio frequency enabled offensive cyber operations, and special purpose electromagnetic attacks to shape operations during the rotation for III Armor Corps, 1st Infantry Division, and 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). (Photo by Steven Stover, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber))

Here’s how the Army is working to get electronic warfare gear to units faster

A project manager described the new approach as essentially “free testing."

Aug 20, 2025 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)

New Army cyber organization will focus on activity in the competition space

ARCYBER's TIAD will be officially stood up in October.

Aug 20, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

Army CIO reining in AI use cases to prevent excess costs

“Our big lesson learned is, this is expensive stuff to do. I think that’s really driving our peeling back and tightening the guardrails on use cases,” Army…

Aug 12, 2025 By Mikayla Easley