Joseph Evans, principal director for 5G within the office of the undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense (DoD), said DoD has made advances in setting up the five “Tranche 1” sites for 5G testing and experimentation efforts and expects those testbeds to be operational by the fall of 2021.
Read More »Gen. Daniel Allyn Signs Order to Boost Soldiers’ Personal Readiness & Resilience
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 …
Read More »Acting Army Secretary Patrick Murphy Aims to Expand Transition Assistance Programs
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 …
Read More »Army Marks UAS Transition From Hunter to General Atomics’ Grey Eagle
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 …
Read More »Viva Kelley: Army Testing Ground-Based UAS Radar System for Future Expansion
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 …
Read More »Army-SRC Team to Build UAV ‘Sense and Avoid’ Radars
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. …
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