Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the U.S. Army, said the service branch needs to implement 3D printing or additive manufacturing for cost reduction and capability boost purposes, Defense News reported Sunday. He said at the Reagan National Defense Forum that the Army must adopt 3D printing for the production of spare parts for weapon systems.

Stuart Hazlett, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for procurement, said a new contract writing system designed to streamline the service’s contracting process will be first tested by the Army Corps of Engineers in February, the Army said Friday.

President Donald Trump intends to nominate James McPherson, acting undersecretary of the U.S. Army since July 23, to the position on a full-time basis, the White House announced Thursday.

Maj. Gen. David Isaacson, director of networks, services and strategy at the U.S. Army, said that 5G connectivity can be leveraged for training activities and physical security at installations in the future, C4ISRnet reported Wednesday.

The U.S. Army is continuing testing activities as part of efforts to integrate next-generation electronic warfare technology into its rotary-wing aircraft.

The Defense Digital Service has worked with the U.S. Army on a pilot program to help the service branch streamline its cyber training's Joint Cyber Analytics Course and tactical training phase, Fifth Domain reported Friday.

The U.S. Army is preparing to purchase assets needed for the construction of a new battlefield network, Federal News Network said Tuesday. The service branch's team of network designers has been working to identify technology sets that would undergo fielding in batches every two years.

General Dynamics Mission Systems announced on Wednesday that a new and improved GPS system has been installed into U.S. military vehicles to better operate in Germany when GPS signals are denied. 

Paul Puckett, former chief technology officer of Pivotal Software's federal business, has joined the U.S. Army as director of the enterprise cloud management office in the service branch's Office of the Chief Information Officer/G-6.

The U.S. Army is working on its cloud architecture and intends to do so for two more years before investing in artificial intelligence technology, Fedscoop reported Friday. Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the Army, said at an American Enterprise Institute event that cloud would serve as the groundwork for the service branch's future AI-related efforts.