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Army

Army Plans To Replace, Automate Tactical Truck Fleets

Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

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The U.S. Army plans to modernize nearly its entire medium and heavy tactical truck fleet by 2025, then give them robot brains so they can drive convoys--even in urban terrain--without soldiers behind the wheel, Lt. Gen. Larry Wyche, deputy commander of Army Materiel Command, said Aug. 25Wyche explained how the Army would "deliver adaptable, flexible, sustainment to our soldiers." The answer is what he called the "truck of the future," he said at the annual Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Conference, hosted…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]