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10/17/2020 12:32:28 AM	Army Vehicle Modernization: Mounted Mission Command and Onboard Power Breaking Defense - October 16, 2020
10/17/2020 12:10:18 AM	Leonardo DRS Awarded Top Prize for Innovative C4I integration System ARLINGTON, VA - October 16, 2020
10/15/2020 7:15:13 PM	The Army Mission Command Computing System That You Don’t Know Breaking Defense - October 15, 2020
10/12/2020 4:43:08 PM	Leonardo DRS On-Board Vehicle Power System Is Top Honoree for 2020 Military & Aerospace Electronics Innovators Awards ARLINGTON, VA - October 15, 2020
10/12/2020 4:37:34 PM	Leonardo DRS Receives $44 Million Combat Computing Systems Contract ARLINGTON, VA - October 14, 2020
10/13/2020 3:28:29 PM	Leonardo DRS Sponsors “Click It To Stick It” To Breast Cancer At 2020 Virtual AUSA Symposium ARLINGTON, VA - October 14, 2020
10/15/2020 7:00:00 PM	Army Modernization’s Day of Reckoning Is at Hand Real Clear Defense - October 13, 2020
10/13/2020 8:59:28 PM	Intelligence, Cyber, and EW Evolve for All-Domain Operations Breaking Defense - October 13, 2020
10/12/2020 4:45:32 PM	Leonardo DRS to Manufacture Hoverfly’s Advanced Tethered UAS Products ARLINGTON, VA - October 13, 2020
9/29/2020 7:27:29 PM	Leonardo DRS Wins Contract Worth Up to $255 Million to Provide the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command with Global SATCOM ARLINGTON, VA - September 30, 2020

News from Breaking Defense

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	Army Aims To Field TITAN Terminals For All-Domain Ops In 2024 The Army and Air Force are still “defining the relationship” between TITAN and the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), an Army spokesperson says.
	Army Seeks Open Architecture For All Air & Ground Systems: Jette Starting with a summit this December, the Army’s acquisition chief wants to harmonize technical standards across ground vehicles, aircraft, and other systems so they can easily use common components in their design – potentially saving millions – and share tactical data in battle – potentially saving lives.
	Army’s ‘Team Ignite’ Sets Futuristic R&D Targets: AI, Robotics, Autonomy “We ultimately want this Team Ignite to become the way we do business — it’s increased collaboration with the right partners in the right events,” says Maj. Gen. John George, head of Army Combat Capabilities and Development Command (CCDC).
	Army ‘Leading The Way’ In Commercial SATCOM Buys Major SATCOM providers — such as Hughes (a subsidiary of SATCOM giant Echostar), Viasat, Intelsat, Inmarsat, SES and Eutelsat — argue that this would not only ease problems with service gaps that have long plagued troops in the field, but also be cheaper and allow speedier integration of new technology.
	Army Asks Hill For New Mid-Range Missile $$$ ASAP: Thurgood The modestly named “Mid-Range Capability” will hit targets more than one thousand miles away, Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood tells me. But the brand-new program needs reprogramming authority from Congress to catch up to other Army missiles already in flight tests.
	Army’s SFAB Trainers Go Head To Head With Chinese in Asia, Africa Brig. Gen. Curtis Taylor acknowledged that in the Indo-Pacific, “it’s clear that we are in competition with China in every country that we’re going to.”
	Army Lost 3 NTC Training Rotations To COVID; FORSCOM Curbs Pace Next Year Too Gen. Michael Garrett said computer simulations and other technical means can be used for some of the Army’s higher echelon training. The focus must, he said, stay on the men and women who fight the last 100 yards as they close with the enemy.
	Army Ammo Plants At ‘The End Of The Rope’: Jette The Army can’t keep modernizing around the edges at its World War II-era ammunition plants, Assistant Secretary Bruce Jette said: It has to “transform” them. The detailed plan — and cost — are TBD.
	Army Streamlines Training, Deployments To Reduce Soldier Stress: SecArmy & CSA While Combat Training Center wargames will still work out full brigades, training at home base will emphasize small-unit teambuilding over big events.
	TRADOC Seeks Industry Help To Modernize Live Training “Gen. Murray has talked about the view of Project Convergence as our ‘Louisiana Maneuvers,’ if you will, for the 21st century,” says Col. Charles Lombardo.
	Why AUSA Virtual Matters: CSA McConville & AFC Murray The Army Chief of Staff and the head of Army Futures Command told Breaking Defense why, even without the chance to meet and mingle in the flesh, the AUSA Annual Meeting is still vital.
	China, Russia Threats To Drive What Army Keeps & Cuts: Gen. Murray As the Army braces for a post-COVID budget crunch, Gen. John Murray told Breaking Defense, his Army Futures Command is studying conflict scenarios to decide which new weapons could be kept or cut.
	SMDC Pushes For New PNT, Tracking Sat Payloads This is part of a larger Army effort, launched in November by Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, to map out the service’s future space endeavors.
	Low, Fast, Networked & Lethal: Future Army Airpower Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville and other top Army pilots say these new technologies, tactics, & training will keep aircraft alive against high-tech foes like Russia and China.
	Carter Ham On AUSA 2020: The Army ‘Cannot Rest’ “This year has brought unprecedented challenges for our nation, but America’s Army cannot rest,” the president of the Association of the US Army writes. “The demands of today and the need to prepare for an increasingly dangerous future loom large.”
	Army, Air Force Get Serious On JADC2: Joint Exercises In 2021 “Gen. Brown” – the Air Force Chief of Staff – “and I are both committed to making this happen,” Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville tells Breaking Defense. “It starts at the top.”
	Army Seeks Electric Scout By 2025 The Light Reconnaissance Vehicle, an off-road truck to scout ahead of airborne and light infantry units, could lead the Army’s move to electric motors. But electrifying heavy cargo trucks, let alone tanks, could take decades.
	From ‘Frankengoggle’ To Battle-Ready: Army IVAS The experimental targeting goggles field-tested last fall didn’t work in the rain. The ruggedized version to be tested this month will fix that flaw – and more, the Army says.
	COVID Drives AUSA Mega-Conference Online: Gen. Ham Bringing together an estimated 33,000 soldiers and civilians from around the world was just too dangerous in the coronavirus era.

Combat Vehicle Modernization

Next Generation Combat Vehicles: Better Tactical Networking and Massive Onboard Power

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EO/IR Sensor Technologies

The Army is Modernizing Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems with Mounted and Dismounted Sensor Innovations

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Next-Gen Modernization Priorities

Vehicle Modernization: Priorities for Next-Generation Ground Vehicle Capabilities

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Industry Experts on Tech Advancements

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Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS) II Part 1 Al Mosher for the Land Electronics business unit, explains why MFoCS II continues to be the program of record choice for hosting Situational Awareness, Command and Control, maneuverability, and logistics on a range of platforms and weapons systems across the joint services.
Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS) II Part 2 Al Mosher for the Land Electronics business unit, explains why MFoCS II continues to be the choice for international programs around the globe.
Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) Aircraft Protection Hear from Eric Takeuchi, Vice President of Business Development for the Daylight Solutions business unit, about best-in-class, mid-infrared, quantum cascade laser sources for aircraft protection and a range of future uses in the defense industry.
Trophy Active and Vehicle Protection Systems (APS/VPS) Michael O’Leary for the Land Systems business unit, discusses advanced active and defensive protection systems and how they can dramatically increase platform survivability, creating a new paradigm of networked threat awareness for maneuver forces on the battlefield.
The Integrator Value to Military Use of COMSATCOM Integrators bring a valuable all-inclusive view and expertise to the use of COMSATCOM in global military networks. The value additions include technical and management approaches best positioning the military users for use anywhere, anytime, rapid response capabilities at a competitive cost. The ICT Ecosystem with integrators will be the foundation that provides such capabilities to war fighters.
Hexablu Thermal Camera Core Brett Breazeale, Vice President of Programs for Electro-Optical & Infrared Systems business unit, discusses how the company has changed the face of cooled thermal imaging with the introduction of HexaBlu™ cryo-cooled thermal camera modules, the smallest and most powerful cooled thermal core available.

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