March 27, 2020 How the US Army Corps of Engineers is converting hotels and dorms to hospitals The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is aiding in the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) by converting hotels and other large facilities into makeshift hospitals, Lieutenant General Todd Semonite said Friday.
March 24, 2020 Iraqi Scud-killing Gulf War Patriot missile 'still lives' to fight future wars They exploded Saddam’s Scud missiles right out of the sky, intercepting what would have been destructive explosions on U.S. forces. They surprised global observers and saved U.S. lives during the Gulf War in the early 90s … Patriot Missiles. The Patriot, seen as an emerging and highly impactful war technology at the time, first fired in war about 30-years ago
March 23, 2020 New Army technology can track and destroy maneuvering cruise missiles Maneuvering cruise missiles, fast-moving stealthy fighter jets, armed drones, long-range helicopter-fired air-to-ground weapons and hypersonic rounds traveling at 5-times the speed of sound are all modern methods of air-attack able to destroy Army ground war units -- potentially even rendering them inoperable or, even worse, making them vulnerable to complete destruction.
March 20, 2020 Pentagon hypersonic weapons hit 'impact point' The Army, Navy and Pentagon fired off a new Hypersonic Glide Body engineered to travel more than five times the speed of sound and destroy enemy targets thousands of miles away in a matter of minutes, a Pentagon report said.
March 17, 2020 New helicopter-killing Army artillery cannon destroys target at 39.8 miles When a precision-guided artillery projectile exploded an enemy target from 64km (39.8 miles) away in the Arizona desert during a recent live-fire exercise, the Army took a new step toward redefining land-attack tactics and paving the way toward a new warfare era in long-range fires.
March 13, 2020 Army soldiers will control AI-enabled robot tanks The Army Research Laboratory is exploring new applications of AI designed to better enable forward operating robot “tanks” to acquire targets, discern and organize war-crucial information, surveil combat zones and even fire weapons when directed by a human.
March 12, 2020 Chinese Foreign Ministry suggests US Army to blame for coronavirus pandemic China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday implied that the U.S. Army “might be” be responsible for bringing the coronavirus to Wuhan, the Chinese city where the outbreak first emerged late last year.
March 12, 2020 Rocket fire hits base in Iraq housing US troops, killing 2 Americans, 1 Briton, military says Two Americans and one Briton were killed as approximately 18 Katyusha rockets hit an Iraqi base housing U.S. troops Wednesday, the U.S. military said in a statement.
March 11, 2020 Army, Air Force scientists manage hypersonic weapons' 'heat flow' Air Force and Army scientists are making progress in their effort to bring hypersonic weapons development to a new level of effectiveness by exploring ways to better manage “heat flow” during hypersonic flight.
March 9, 2020 Pentagon plans for mobile nuclear reactor, document reveals The Pentagon announced three contracts to begin design work on mobile, small nuclear reactors as part of a push to bring nuclear power to U.S. forces overseas and at home.
