Story by Christopher Estrada | DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center | 03.15.2023
DETROIT--If you’ve ever wondered what the newest generation of high schoolers are up to these days, some employees at U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center would tell you that they’re going to try and change the world....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center | 01.28.2019
Additive manufacturing holds great potential, but much work remains to be done for the Army to get to additive nirvana. Additive manufacturing shines with promise. The discipline, also known as 3D printing, holds the promise of being the most powerful, efficient and versatile method of manufacturing, enabling a whole new world of products—complex shapes, compound geometries and compound......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center | 01.10.2019
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, gets people—and the Army is no exception—very excited because of its apparent potential to make virtually anything, even body parts or replacement organs. But how? What makes it so special? Imagine a baker decorating a cake, using a bag with a nozzle to squeeze out a fine line of frosting in a pattern. But the baker keeps adding lines on top of......
Story by Jacqueline Hames | U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center | 09.24.2018
Like many great scientific advancements, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL) new nanomaterial was invented by accident. Materials engineers at ARL on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, were trying to engineer a nanostructured aluminum alloy in January 2017 when, during polishing and hardness testing, they discovered the aluminum powder was disappearing—it was reacting with the water......
Story by Dana Thornbury | Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime | 09.11.2018
“The big test is ‘Are we ready?’ Ready for if the Warfighter needs to fight the fight that they’re equipped to do so,” said Defense Supply Center Columbus and Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Commander Navy Rear Adm. John Palmer. This question of readiness was the foundation of the visit between Palmer and Army Maj. Gen. Daniel Mitchell, commander for U.S. Army......
Story by Douglas Halleaux | DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center | 07.02.2018
DETROIT ARSENAL, MICHIGAN—Helmet-mounted stereo vision sounds like a solution for fighter jets, but Department of Defense engineers and industry experts are rooting this technology on the ground....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center | 06.12.2018
Army acquisition-focused game “Operation Overmatch,” introduces early synthetic prototyping, which is the first product in a larger program called early synthetic prototyping (ESP). ESP is a collaborative effort of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command’s (TRADOC) Army Capabilities Integration Center and scientists from the U.S. Army Research, Engineering and Development Command......
Story by Douglas Halleaux | DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center | 06.06.2018
DETROIT ARSENAL, MICHIGAN—The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s center for ground vehicle systems hosted a first-ever forum on vehicle electrification June 6, inviting industry, academia, and government experts together to develop a vision for this critical technology area....
