Author: Michael

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Army is designing a new universal electronic warfare capability to enable rapid updates to equipment on any platform.
The Modular Mission Payload is a concept for a standardized kit that can be integrated into platforms and allow almost any EW capability to be loaded on.
While the Army has sought in the past to go in the direction of open standards and architectures to allow for quick updates to capabilities in the face of dynamic threats, part of the need for a new universal enabling capability is the service’s divestment of several systems.

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Soldiers will have the chance to attend the Army’s first official drone course to become experts in flying, building, and repairing them in combat.
Officials at the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Alabama, announced the launch of its Unmanned Advanced Lethality Course this week. The training is just one part of the U.S. military’s recent efforts to catch up on unmanned systems, which have seen wide use on battlefields across the globe for the past decade.

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The Global War on Terror saw an electronic revolution in military equipment. Soldiers were issued radios, red dots, GPS systems, infrared lasers, night vision, and other pieces of gear – all of which needed batteries.
While the CR123A lithium battery has established itself as a go-to power source for many of these enablers, the Army aims to simplify its battery logistics further with a single power solution.

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