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Gen. Daniel Allyn, vice chief of staff at the U.S. Army, has signed an 85-page operation order that seeks to optimize soldiers’ personal readiness and resilience through engagement with leaders, peers and family members. The Army said Tuesday the order shifts the strategy of the military branch’s Ready and Resilient campaign from efforts that focus …

Patrick Murphy, undersecretary and acting secretary of the U.S. Army, has said he believes the entire military branch should emulate efforts at Fort Hood, Texas, to help soldiers make the transition to civilian life. “Fort Hood is really the model when it comes to the Soldier for Life program,” Murphy said in a statement …

The U.S. Army marked the final flight of its first unmanned aircraft system as part of the transition toward a new UAS that will support the service branch’s surveillance and reconnaissance operations. The Army said Dec. 21 the General Atomics-built Grey Eagle drone will replace the Hunter, which will redeploy from Fort Hood in …

The Defense Department and Federal Aviation Administration are working with partners to push forward technology such as the Ground-Based Sense-and-Avoid radar to help manage the airspace for unmanned aircraft systems, Defense Systems reported Dec. 23. David Walsh writes that Viva Kelley, product director at the U.S. Army‘s Unmanned Systems Airspace Integration Concepts, has pointed to …

The U.S. Army has partnered with SRC to build a radar system that would help manage the air traffic of General Atomics-built unmanned aerial vehicles and prevent collisions, Defense News reported Thursday. Joe Gould writes that the team will install the ground-based “sense and avoid” radars at five locations across the U.S. …