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.
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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.”
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.”
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.
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.
US Army weighs taking future Project Convergence exercises abroad
The Army is about to kick off a major part of its U.S.-based experimentation event known as Project Convergence, and service leaders are considering growing the annual campaign overseas.
By Jen Judson
