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Army’s Project Convergence Proving Out Next-Gen ‘Sensor-To-Shooter’ Network Possibilities

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, September 10th, 2020

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Army’s Project Convergence Proving Out Next-Gen ‘Sensor-To-Shooter’ Network Possibilities

The Army has started its major demonstration to understand how its future weapon systems could form a new “sensor-to-shooter” network and is already showing success in making cross-domain target decisions in a matter of seconds, the service’s top modernization official said Thursday. Gen Mike Murray, head of Army Futures Command, told attendees during a virtual Center For New American Security discussion that Project Convergence at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona is also utilizing a new system called Firestorm to assess…

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