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A U.S. Army unmanned, eight-wheeled, all-electric, all-terrain transport vehicles armed with the R600 autonomous weapon system provides support to dismounted Soldiers in an urban environment as part of a human integration experiment at Fort Irwin, Calif., March 17, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Samarion Hicks)

Next iteration of Army’s ‘transforming-in-contact’ will focus on autonomy

As the Army looks to scale its transforming-in-contact initiative to divisions and heavy brigades, it plans to experiment more with robotics and autonomy technology.
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, fly the Skydio X2D Drone during exercise Combined Resolve (CbR) 25-1 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany, Jan. 31, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Collin Mackall)

Updated network gear allows US soldiers to be more dispersed with lower digital footprints

Enabled by the Army's C2 Fix architecture, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division was difficult to find in the electromagnetic spectrum in a recent combat training center rotation.
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Hound Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, conduct a demonstration for the local media with the Skydio X2D Drone during exercise Combined Resolve (CbR) 25-1 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 3, 2025. During CbR 25-1, the U.S. Army is implementing its Transforming in Contact initiative, utilizing new technologies and systems designed to enhance its warfighting readiness and ability to respond to crisis or conflict. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Thomas Dixon)

Army ‘transforming-in-contact’ unit using more drones than ever before

New technology enabled the experimental unit to disperse more and hide in the electromagnetic spectrum more easily, providing the first true deployment test for the Army’s transforming-in-contact…
Soldiers from the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Air Assault out of a CH-47 Chinook into the Joint Regional Training Center (JRTC) at Ft. Johnson, LA, as part of a large scale, long range air assault (L2A2) that the 101st launched from Ft. Campbell, KY to JRTC on the night of August 15, 2024. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyner)

Army expanding ‘transforming-in-contact’ concept to divisions, armored and Stryker brigades

Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George unveiled transforming-in-contact 2.0.
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Light Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conduct military operations in urban terrain during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) 25-01 at Pōhakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 9, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ryele Bertoch)

Second transforming-in-contact unit putting new tactics to the test in the Pacific for the Army

The 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division is conducting training operations simultaneously with Pacific partner nations.
U.S Army Soldiers assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC), host Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James J. Mingus during JPMRC 25-01 on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Brenden Delgado)

Army looking to provide commanders more flexibility with networking and comms gear

“One of the great things is experimenting with these capabilities in the environments they're going to employ them, so that we can iterate and identify what technologies…
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Soldiers with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, operate various military vehicles at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, July 18, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Rebeca Soria)

Army testing how existing equipment can be used differently as it seeks to ‘transform-in-contact’

1st Armored Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division tested drones, new command-and-control concepts and electromagnetic deception tools at a recent exercise.
Private Davis from 2-502 Infantry Regiment, 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) poses for a picture against the night sky after air assaulting into the Joint Regional Training Center (JRTC) at Ft. Johnson, LA as part of a large scale, long range air assault (L2A2) that the 101st launched from Ft. Campbell, KY to JRTC on the night of August 16, 2024. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyner)

Cheap electronic decoys providing Army units more flexibility and options on battlefield

FORT JOHNSON, La. — Commercially available technology, operationalized in the right manner, is yielding tactical advantages for soldiers, Army units discovered during a recent exercise. During its…
Colonel James Stultz, commander of the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, briefs generals and the press about the capabilities of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)’s command post on August 22, 2024 at the Joint Regional Training Center at Ft. Johnson, Louisiana. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyner)

Army puts its ‘transforming in contact’ concept to biggest test yet

A transforming-in-contact unit recently did a rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, Louisiana.
Soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) arrive in Tunica, Miss. Air Center to conduct forward arming and refueling point (FARP) operations on August 13, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Parris Kersey)

Army office using ‘transforming in contact’ units to test new EW gear

2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division is testing a new Manpack solution and vehicle-mounted EW equipment at its Joint Readiness Training Center rotation in August.
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