Army
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The Army is experimenting with an dome-shaped immersive environment for virtual reality training. Dr. Caroline Mahoney, team leader for the Cognitive Science and Applications Team, from the Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, shares details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 22, 2016 -
Sen. Claire McCaskill, ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, requested that the Government Accountability Office assess the Army’s contracting process, including accountability and oversight.
April 18, 2016 -
Defense Secretary Ash Carter says it’s time for an upgrade to the Goldwater-Nichols Act, but the Pentagon will need help from Congress.
April 12, 2016 -
Gen. Mark Milley, the Army’s chief of staff, said his service will arrive at decisions within a matter of weeks on a new way forward for the Modular Handgun System, which has been in the works since 2011.
April 11, 2016 -
It's hard enough to make it Army Rangers. But how to you get to be the "Best Ranger" in the Army, and by extension, the best man in the armed forces? We'll find out in a few days when the Army stages the 33rd annual Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia. Sgt. 1st Class Gerald Nelson, one-time Best Ranger, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the 33rd annual Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia.
April 08, 2016 -
Generals say current analyses show the U.S. will need more land forces for future conflicts, precisely at the time the Army is shrinking to its smallest size since before World War II.
April 07, 2016 -
In a marathon, you're done in three or four hours. The Best Ranger runs from 6 a.m. on a Friday morning until sometime around 4 or 5 Sunday afternoon. No rest or sleep
April 06, 2016 -
A reduction in soldiers' housing allowances cut revenues of private companies that operate military housing. The Army may allow those firms to assess rental costs to make up part of the difference.
April 01, 2016 -
The Army is expanding its use wireless WiFi networks, both indoors and outdoors. By getting rid of heavy cabling that takes hours to install, the Army is hoping to make command posts and tactical units more mobile and agile. Lt. Col. Mark Henderson, product manager for WIN-T Increment One, shares details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 28, 2016 -
This week's Pentagon Solutions looks at sleep-deprivation among Army soldiers and defective contract at six Navy and Coast Guard shipbuilding programs.
March 23, 2016 -
The Army is planning to co-mingle Army, National Guard and reservists to promote compatibility in peacetime and wartime.
March 22, 2016 -
In a new report, Army medical officials strongly suggest they'll need help from across the force to keep the Army healthy.
March 18, 2016 -
Army says divestiture is the "starting point" for its current modernization strategy as costs to maintain and store old equipment crowd out new procurement.
March 14, 2016 -
The Army says it's enthusiastically embracing reforms that give its uniformed officials more responsibility, and asks Congress to give them more authority.
March 11, 2016 During 14 years of war in the Middle East, Marines and soldiers came to rely on having ready access to computers. And the more capability they had, the more they wanted. Fuel trucks became targets for insurgents, and defending them became an extra burden for troops. Clearly, a more efficient solution was needed.
March 07, 2016