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Army Sees Success At Project Convergence With Future Tech Pushing Target Data ‘In Seconds’

Army Sees Success At Project Convergence With Future Tech Pushing Target Data ‘In Seconds’
The autonomous system, Origin, prepares for a practice run during the Project Convergence capstone event at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, Aug. 11 – Sept. 18, 2020. Photo by Pfc. Carlos Cuebas Fantauzzi

Army officials on Wednesday lauded the results of the service’s first Project Convergence demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, which brought together future capabilities, artificial intelligence-enabled systems and a new “computer brain” to prove out capacity for passing targeting data in a matter of seconds. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said the six-week effort exceeded his expectations for showcasing the potential of how the service’s future weapon systems could form a new “sensor-to-shooter” network required for multi-domain operations against peer…

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