The three-day demonstration comes just weeks after Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno and Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., sparred during a congressional hearing over the effectiveness of the system.
The product is one of a handful under review this month as part of the Army’s so-called Network Integration Evaluation.
The Army’s planned Ground Combat Vehicle “is a highly viable program,” and its “unconventional” approach to get Apaches to Afghanistan is needed, Army Secretary John McHugh said.
The Army says it didn’t reject a request for commercial software to gather intelligence.
Amos told Congress Thursday the Marine Corps will temporarily station 550 Marines in Spain to support AFRICOM.
The service is facing a potential funding shortfall of more than $15 billion this year.
Pentagon leaders delayed their OCO budget proposal until they have a better idea on what troop levels will be in 2014.
The Army’s base budget is the least of the three major services and 1.7 percent less than what the service is expected to receive this year.
Pentagon will buy 30 more helicopters for Afghan air force from Rosoboronexport despite their history of trade with Syrian military and appeals from Congress.
Army chief of staff says training funds will get slashed by sequestration meaning fewer units will be ready to deploy.
Army briefing slides for an upcoming White House meeting go into detail about the impacts Sequestration cuts will have on the Army’s ability to fight in the near term.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta chose his closer, Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Lloyd Austin, to oversee the next major U.S. military withdrawal.
Marine Corps and Army leaders will meet Dec. 13 to discuss MRAP requirements for each service.
A Wall Street Journal report analyzes the possibility of replacing Marine Gen. Jim Mattis with a Navy admiral or Air Force general to head U.S. Central Command.
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction questions how the Afghan government plans to support ANSF facilities once the U.S. leaves.
JIEDDO’s director addresses his agency’s future explaining that the IED will remain a fundamental weapon used against US forces outside Afghanistan.
Soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division received the Army’s latest smartphones, radios and satellites as part of Capability Set 13.
Questions remain over the fate of the MRAPs already built in post Iraq/Afghanistan era.
Boeing analysts expect the UAV market to drop by 20 percent after the U.S. leaves Afghanistan in 2014.
