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At Army experiment, experts tinker with tanks and communications kit

The preliminary work done at Project Convergence — the Army's contribution to the Pentagon's JADC2 vision — will inform how Capability Set 25 proceeds.

Project Convergence exercise has new gateway to test emerging tech

Plus, find out what's new this year at the annual exercise.

Army verifies info-sharing abilities with forces joining Project Convergence 22

The U.S. Army said a communications test known as COMMEX 1B was a success, replicating and informing the scale and scenarios of Project Convergence in far-flung laboratory and field settings.

Army aviation exercise focuses on communicating with allies

The Army and several international partners made headway to achieve battlefield interoperability at EDGE 22 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, but there is still plenty of work to be done to seamlessly tie allies and partners together in operations.

Project Convergence 22 aims to have best-positioned force shoot first

“We’re never going to fight as just a joint organization,” Army Brig. Gen. Jeth Rey, the director of the Network Cross-Functional Team, said this week. “We’re going to always have our coalition partners.”

Army aviation exercise focuses on communicating with allies

The Army and several international partners made headway to achieve battlefield interoperability at EDGE 22 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, but there is still plenty of work to be done to seamlessly tie allies and partners together in operations.

By Jen Judson

Project Convergence 22 aims to have best-positioned force shoot first

“We’re never going to fight as just a joint organization,” Army Brig. Gen. Jeth Rey, the director of the Network Cross-Functional Team, said this week. “We’re going to always have our coalition partners.”

By Colin Demarest

Project Convergence 2022 will focus on both Indo-Pacific and European scenarios

And international participation is expected as the U.S. Army prepares to fight with future capabilities at a large scale.

By Jen Judson

Lockheed eyes Project Convergence after successful 5G expedition

“Our battle space is all connected,” said David Rohall with Lockheed Martin. “No longer just does a soldier talk to the soldier next to him, but the soldier is talking to the airmen who may be flying above.”

By Colin Demarest

US Army to demo offensive drone swarms in next Project Convergence

BlueHalo will provide a "hive" of drones that will demonstrate offensive swarming capability for the U.S. Army over the next several years.

By Jen Judson

At Project Convergence, Army’s new battle command system demonstrated expanded capability

Here's how the Army's Integrated Battle Command System performed at Project Convergence 2021.

By Jen Judson

The US Army sees a future of robots and AI. But what if budget cuts and leadership changes get in the way?

Four years into Army Futures Command, experts say the effort is on track, but they warn that leadership changes, potential budget cuts and a few contracting and technological hiccups could put it at risk.

By Nathan Strout, Jen Judson and Mark Pomerleau

US Army officials: Service needs ‘true data fabric’

The Army lays plans for a data fabric.

By Mark Pomerleau

General Atomics unveils new unmanned aircraft named for harsh American desert

Named for a harsh desert in the American southwest, General Atomics' newest unmanned aircraft is designed for greater endurance, greater payload and can take off and land using short, undeveloped strips of land.

By Jen Judson

Five things the Army learned about its network at Project Convergence 21

At PC 21, the Army's network cross-functional team director took away five lessons regarding future needs.

By Mark Pomerleau

US Army lab cuts down risk-reduction timeline ahead of Project Convergence

The communications exercise risk-reduction leading up to a major Army exercise last year took six weeks. Now the lab is able to fulfil that same need in 10 days.

By Mark Pomerleau

At second Project Convergence, US Army experiments with joint operations in the Arizona desert

For the second annual event in its "campaign of learning," the Army brought in technologies and operators from the other services to test their ability to implement Joint All-Domain Command and Control.

By Nathan Strout

10 things we learned from AUSA

The sheer scope of news coming out of the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting may have left soldiers wondering what’s most important to them.

By Army Times staff

Army using simulations to work out networking kinks ahead of Project Convergence 21

The Army’s big lesson from Project Convergence 20 was that it’s harder to network things together than the service realized.

By Megan Eckstein

The preliminary work done at Project Convergence — the Army's contribution to the Pentagon's JADC2 vision — will inform how Capability Set 25 proceeds.

Plus, find out what's new this year at the annual exercise.

The U.S. Army said a communications test known as COMMEX 1B was a success, replicating and informing the scale and scenarios of Project Convergence in far-flung laboratory and field settings.

The Army and several international partners made headway to achieve battlefield interoperability at EDGE 22 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, but there is still plenty of work to be done to seamlessly tie allies and partners together in operations.

“We’re never going to fight as just a joint organization,” Army Brig. Gen. Jeth Rey, the director of the Network Cross-Functional Team, said this week. “We’re going to always have our coalition partners.”

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The Army and several international partners made headway to achieve battlefield interoperability at EDGE 22 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, but there is still plenty of work to be done to seamlessly tie allies and partners together in operations.

“We’re never going to fight as just a joint organization,” Army Brig. Gen. Jeth Rey, the director of the Network Cross-Functional Team, said this week. “We’re going to always have our coalition partners.”

And international participation is expected as the U.S. Army prepares to fight with future capabilities at a large scale.

“Our battle space is all connected,” said David Rohall with Lockheed Martin. “No longer just does a soldier talk to the soldier next to him, but the soldier is talking to the airmen who may be flying above.”

BlueHalo will provide a "hive" of drones that will demonstrate offensive swarming capability for the U.S. Army over the next several years.

Here's how the Army's Integrated Battle Command System performed at Project Convergence 2021.

Four years into Army Futures Command, experts say the effort is on track, but they warn that leadership changes, potential budget cuts and a few contracting and technological hiccups could put it at risk.

The Army lays plans for a data fabric.

Named for a harsh desert in the American southwest, General Atomics' newest unmanned aircraft is designed for greater endurance, greater payload and can take off and land using short, undeveloped strips of land.

At PC 21, the Army's network cross-functional team director took away five lessons regarding future needs.

The communications exercise risk-reduction leading up to a major Army exercise last year took six weeks. Now the lab is able to fulfil that same need in 10 days.

For the second annual event in its "campaign of learning," the Army brought in technologies and operators from the other services to test their ability to implement Joint All-Domain Command and Control.

The sheer scope of news coming out of the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting may have left soldiers wondering what’s most important to them.

The Army’s big lesson from Project Convergence 20 was that it’s harder to network things together than the service realized.

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