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AUSA 2019: U.S. Army Updates its Modernization Strategy
The Army Modernization Strategy (AMS) describes how the Total Army – Regular Army, National Guard, Army Reserve, and Army Civilians – will transform into a multi-domain force by 2035, meet its enduring responsibility as part of the Joint Force to provide for the...
Highlights of the 2019 AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition
The Association for the United States Army (AUSA) is hosting the 2019 Annual Meeting and Exposition from October 14th to the 16th at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Each year, the AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition gathers military...
AUSA 2019: AFC Commander Murray unforgiving on disqualifying Raytheon/Rheinmetall OMFV bid
Army Futures Command (AFC) Commander Gen. John Murray had stern words regarding the reported disqualification of Raytheon and Rheinmetall’s joint bid on the optionally-manned fighting vehicle (OMFV) competition to replace the Army's Bradleys. “We have been...
AUSA 2019: Sikorsky-Boeing proclaims “year of achievement” despite delays, setbacks since AUSA 2018
A lot has changed in the year since Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant Team’s gave its press update at AUSA in 2018. The SB>1 Defiant is a joint project aiming at fulfilling the Army’s needs when it comes to Future Vertical Lift (FVL), specifically on Future...
AUSA 2019: AeroVironment developing larger Switchblade variant
During a June Q4 2019 earnings call, AeroVironment President and CEO Wahid Nawabi said the company was developing a larger variant of the original Switchblade, the company’s widely-used loitering munition system. Nawabi said the larger variant is customer co-funded,...
Army leaders focus on budget deal, unclear on back-up plan
Over the past two years, the Army has received budget increases, which Army leaders say has allowed them to progress in modernizing the force toward near-peer competition and Multi-Domain Operations. To sustain the modernization, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs...
AUSA 2019: Is the Army network the weakest link?
Commander of Army Futures Command Gen. John Murray told reporters at a press briefing at AUSA on Monday that “there’s really nothing that keeps me up at night.” But he does think often about the Army network. The Army network is the broad-sweeping term that the...
AUSA 2019: Sikorsky Introduces RAIDER X™, a NextGen Light-Attack Reconnaissance Helicopter Based On Its Proven X2 Technology
Sikorsky and its team of suppliers are prepared to manufacture RAIDER X as the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), today introduced RAIDER X™, its concept...
AUSA 2019: Army Chief hoping to reduce National Guard OPTEMPO
Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville said he would like to decrease the frequency of National Guard deployments during a press briefing at AUSA on Monday. McConville said that the National Guard has been deployed at a rate—or Operations Tempo—of about one year...
AUSA 2019: Sig Sauer showcases Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) Systems
Sig Sauer showcased its highly-anticipated Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) systems at the 2019 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exhibition. This consisted of two new weapons systems: the Next Generation Squad Weapons Rifle (NGWS-R); and the Next Generation Squad Weapons...