The Army Brief: Network warfare, scaled up; New Indo-Pacific training; and more
Innovation Oasis winner; and ELIZABETH HOWE | OCTOBER 28, 2022
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Autonomous Black Hawks. The third iteration of the Army-led Project Convergence wrapped last week after giving autonomous Black Hawks and futuristic augmented headgear a place to shine, Defense One reports. But the real focus was enlarging the military’s massive networked warfare experiment to better replicate a major conflict and include forces from other services and allies.
New Indo-Pacific training center. The Army this week announced a new regional Combat Training Center on Fort Shafter, Hawaii, meant to provide an “austere jungle” environment for soldiers to train in, Defense One reports. The Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center is the first such CTC established in 50 years.
One counter-drone trainer to rule them all. An Army sergeant took home the top prize of this year’s Innovation Oasis competition with a virtual counter-drone trainer that allows operators to develop their skills across multiple systems at once, Defense One reports. Army National Guard Sgt. Mickey Reeve said there are so many different types of counter-drone systems, it can be hard for operators to stay up to date on all of them.
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