The upgraded AN/TPY-2 radar uses a Gallium Nitride semiconductor that allows it a longer range, enabling an interceptor to launch early enough to hit a hypersonic missile before its starts maneuvering, according to the company.
"We want to get vendors on contract. We want to try something out. We want to do it under the auspices of a formal program that, you know, we can show the Congress that we've got a different approach,” Gabe Camarillo, under secretary of the Army, said.
Blending superior optics, advanced stabilization and AI-powered autonomy in a compact and rugged system, ASELFLIR 600 delivers unmatched intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
"I've always been a fan of balloons that can provide over the horizon support in a missile defense perspective," Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey, head of Army Space and Missile Defense Command, told the Hudson Institute today.
"As we look out into 2030, we know from all the Army warfighting concepts that we have to grow space capability, and we have to grow air defense missiles," SMD Commander Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey said.
Satellite constellations in proliferated LEO and a new emphasis on mature capabilities like troposcatter is creating network resilience.
Innovative integration approaches and open systems architecture can bring revolutionary improvements to the performance of FLRAA and FARA, as well as the current fleet.
Consolidate network monitoring, performance management, and fault isolation into a single, comprehensive solution.
"Our real value comes from us providing options to the joint force here, providing options to the Joint Force commander," the new formation's commander said.
You get higher speeds with less weight and drag. Meeting speed, range and payload targets for the Army’s two Future Vertical Lift programs can be partially accomplished with transformational integrations of systems that have never been brought together before.
There's no one software application, wave form, or set of capabilities that can win the day against near peers. Open systems, however, are that one thing that will keep Army systems relevant in all stages of conflict.
A commander for the task force as been chosen, but no final basing decision has been made.
Cybersecurity skills must evolve in near-real time as Zero Day threats continue and AI provides new challenges.
Latest version of the AStRA competition will focus on networking tools and power sources.
Here's the key Army storylines we'll be tracking at Breaking Defense next year.
Prior to the Army Digital Transformation Strategy, "What we lacked in the Army was an integrator... a unity of effort to modernize. That's what the DTS is about," CIO Raj Iyer said.
"If there's one thing DoD and industry have done, it's try a whole bunch of different tools over the last 10 to 12 years. What we have to do now is string them all together to show which ones work best for the capabilities the Army needs today and divest the ones that they don't need," Peraton VP Jennifer Napper said.