A US soldier guiding a logistics vehicle system at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany. (Photo: US DVIDS)
The US Army has been reassessing its logistics capacities and seeking ways to improve and accelerate efforts within the domain to prepare its troops and equipment for tomorrow’s warfare environment.
The service has been reviewing its doctrine, better positioning its stockpiles worldwide and enhancing partnerships with both industry and other countries.
Aligned with the branch’s vision of 2030, investing in automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic and data analytics capacities, as well as in cyber, communication systems and advanced technologies, have all been among its priorities.
Speaking during a seminar conducted by the AUSA Association on 7 February, Maj Gen James
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Thales launched Storm-H in 2012 as an EW system equipping individual dismounted troops, and a decade later revealed details to develop the improved and more powerful Storm 2.
Drones and military ground vehicles are increasingly being designed to operate together as a single platform or even to convert crewed systems to automated ones.
The acquisition, which is part of the country’s broader defence package worth DKK58 billion (US$9.2 billion), goes against the grain with many other European countries opting for the US’s popular Patriot platform.
The UK’s Land Mobility Programme (LMP) seems set to be delayed once again but industry is jockeying for position to partner in what would be one of the biggest ever buys for the British Army.
AM General’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) A2 is in low-rate initial production and the company is looking for export orders, notably the UK’s Land Mobility Programme (LMP), to add to a recent approval for Canada to buy vehicles.
The UK’s Land Mobility Programme (LMP) to replace thousands of vehicles is in flux as the tender for the Light Mobility Vehicle segment planned for November is set to be missed. IDV Robotics’ Dr Geoff Davis is calling for the UK government to focus broadly on indigenous capability for procurement and to do it faster.
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