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October 1, 2020

US receives first of two 'Iron Dome' batteries from Israel, plans to buy more halted

In a quiet ceremony on Wednesday, the U.S. received its first or two pre-ordered Iron Dome batteries from Israel, with Defense Minister Benny Gantz hailing the moment “as further proof that the defense alliance [between the U.S. and Israel] is based on common values and interests, which are stronger than ever.”

September 30, 2020

Army network shortens sensor-to-shooter 'kill web' to 20 seconds

The Army’s Project Convergence 2020 sought to bring new, explosive “warfare at speed” dimensions to future combat as part of a broad transformational attempt to surge in front of competitors and near-peer rivals with accelerated networking and sensor-to-shooter times … designed to enable an entirely new generation of warfare possibilities.

September 28, 2020

New Army ‘Accelerated Multi-Node Attack’ enabled by AI at Project Convergence 2020

Gray Eagle drones were armed with HELLFIRE missiles and GBU-69 glide bombs, 155mm artillery weapons fired rounds 60km (37.3 miles) to destroy SA-22 enemy air defenses and armored ground combat vehicles directly hit multiple T-72 tanks during the Army’s Project Convergence 2020 at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz.

September 27, 2020

'Attacking at speed': Army Project Convergence and breakthrough lightning-fast war

The U.S. military recently conducted a live-fire full combat replication with unmanned-to-unmanned teaming guiding attacks, small reconnaissance drones, satellites sending target coordinates to ground artillery and high-speed, AI-enabled “networked” warfare.

September 22, 2020

Former Iraq POW Jessica Lynch on what helps her thrive after captivity: 'Every day is a constant reminder'

For Jessica Lynch, waking up and strapping on a leg brace first thing in the morning is always a bitter and blessed reminder of everything she endured after she was captured by Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces in 2003 and held as a Prisoner of War (POW) for nine days.

September 18, 2020

Army pursues new 'Combined Arms Maneuver' warfare attack plan

U.S. Army war planners believe winning a major power war against Russia or China will require an intricate and sophisticated blend of weapons, effects, networking and tactics, creating a need for the service to revamp its traditional Combined Arms Maneuver warfare approach.

September 16, 2020

Army developing 'high-rate-of-fire' breakthrough 1,000-mile range cannon

Army weapons developers stay on course with an ambitious Long Range Cannon science and technology program aimed at engineering a low-cost, high-rate-of-fire 1,000-mile ground cannon.

September 14, 2020

Massive breakthrough: 155 mm howitzer artillery destroys incoming cruise missile

In an amazing first, an artillery cannon took out a cruise missile.

September 11, 2020

9/11 Pentagon attack was ‘horrific,’ remember 'pain' in faces of wounded: Gen. Keane

Retired four-star General Jack Keane reflected on what he will never forget about the 9/11 terror attacks when he was at the Pentagon on "Fox & Friends."

September 9, 2020

Soldier targeting goggles 'augment' human 3-D vision tracking

Imagine this land-war scenario: An enemy fighter is several hundred yards away, another is attacking from one mile while a third fires from a nearby room in a close-quarters urban warfare circumstance, when U.S. Army soldiers apprehend, integrate, and quickly map the locations of multiple targets at once in 3D, all while knowing the range and distance of the enemy forces.