U.S. Army Successfully Tests Its New Missile-Armed Drone

The US Army's networked battlefield is taking shape. Spotty connections show the work ahead.

NGC2 was developed iteratively over a series of tests before Project Capstone Convergence at Fort Irwin, California.US Army photo by Sgt. Sar PawThe Army is testing a prototype version of its new command-and-control technology.Soldiers say it has sped up planning and helped dispersed units communicate.But drone issues and lost signals highlight challenges.The US Army is developing new warfighting software to change the way it fights a large-scal…

U.S. Army successfully tests its new missile-armed drone

The U.S. Army reported that during Project Convergence-Capstone 6, a large-scale experimentation event hosted at Fort Irwin, California, Army Aviation demonstrated a networked strike sequence over the high desert in which two reconnaissance drones located and identified a threat before a third, weaponized drone flew in to finish it off, according to a story by […]

U.S. Army tests next-generation command network at Project Convergence to shape future battlefield decisions and modernization

The 4th Infantry Division is operating the architecture under realistic combat-training conditions. The Army is evaluating whether the network can connect systems and provide commanders with a shared operational picture. The architecture is designed to move information across the force and synchronize effects across multiple domains. It combines transport, integration, data and applications within a common command-and-control environment. “NGC2 …