Jen Judson

The U.S. Army is taking delivery of a 60 kilowatt-class laser from Lockheed Martin as the company wraps up demonstrations of the capability.

The U.S. military has been studying the drone threat from the Islamic State group in Iraq for some time now and the Army’s training branch is no exception, taking lessons learned and applying them to major training rotations.

Boeing has modernized its 1980s-era Avenger air defense system to answer the Army’s call to fill its Short-range Air Defense gap within the maneuver force.

The Army’s deputy chief of staff for logistics said he is concerned about the service’s shrinking munitions stockpile.

A years-long period of reduced modernization budgets has caused a major lag — potentially up to 30 years for some rides — in upgrading the Army’s combat vehicles, the Army general in charge of the fleet said.

The Army is trying to rapidly field Strykers with a bigger gun to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Europe amid concerns the service is outgunned by Russian counterparts, and so far the program is on track, according to Col. Glenn Dean, the project manager for Stryker.

President Donald Trump named Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster — considered to be one of the smartest strategists in the military today — as his national security adviser.

The Army is looking for an electronic-warfare system that can be integrated onto a Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system, according to a request for information released this week.

The new Army Space and Missile Defense Commander — now a month into his job — is seeking a way to balance near-constant air-and-missile defense force deployments and engaging in major modernization efforts.

The Army’s new Rapid Capabilities Office was established roughly six months ago, but the military head of the outfit is already moving on to command the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York.