The Army is rapidly building its capability to manufacture and assemble small-unmanned aerial systems in coordination with industry and academia partners.
This is one part of a larger effort to increase advanced manufacturing at every level of the service. The Army is investing in the Organic Industrial Base to build the capacity to qualify, test and produce 3D-printed supplies and components.
The Program Executive Office Aviation and the Future Vertical Lift Cross Functional Team are currently hosting a special user demonstration of Launched Effects-Short Range (LE-SR) capabilities at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. This event signifies a pivotal moment for the U.S. Army, as Soldiers from elements of the I Corps take the lead in innovation by utilizing cutting-edge Launch Effects...
SECNAV departmental priorities focus on strengthening shipbuilding and the maritime industrial base; fostering an adaptive, accountable and warfighting culture; and improving the health, welfare and training of our people.
The Army is all-in on integrating advanced manufacturing into our sustainment regimen and is empowering the Army Sustainment Enterprise to create the vision for how we will enable Soldiers to innovate while also streamlining supply operations.
The Army is modernizing the way Soldiers request, receive and turn in individual equipment via a reform to the Central Issue Facility and piloting the Rapid Removal of Excess Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment, or R2O. At the end stage of R2O, Army Materiel Command redistributes usable equipment to where it's needed most and disposes of unserviceable items.
The Army has relied on some type of technology for its 250 year existence in one way or another. Basic technology of the day during the Revolutionary War such as invisible ink, to using balloons to see further across the battlefield during the Civil War, to modern day advanced tech for electromagnetic spectrum monitoring and GPS, they all ensured our Army had the edge over our adversaries....
