Innovations meant to enhance Soldiers’ quality of life during deployments — while saving lives, fuel, water and money — were on display here Nov. 5, on the Army Base Camp Integration Laboratory. The Army Base Camp Integration Laboratory, or BCIL, hosted its second annual “Base Camp Resource and effort Efficiency Day.” Situated on 10 acres at Fort Devens, the laboratory features two “Force Provider” 150-person base camps. One contains standard technologies; any other offers a glimpse into the military’s energy future. Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, and Lt. Gen. Raymond V. Mason, Army... Read More »

Two months have passed because the F-16I Division was grounded following the crash last July, and now they have got returned to flying. As portion of a steady process, last week, F-16I squadrons held their first training sessions on the Ramon airbase because the grounding. “It’s like an athlete who must come again into shape” After two months of being grounded, the F-16I planes are back within the air: the primary work out because the abandonment of a plane by two aerial team members last July was held within the F-16I squadrons on the Ramon airbase. “Its return to flight... Read More »

Technologies are being developed and tested that enable Soldiers to focus more on mission and not more on logistics and resupply, said Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the military for Installations, Energy and Environment. Hammack was regarding the bottom Camp Systems Integration Laboratory, or B-CIL, at Fort Devens, Mass. There, new technologies has been spinning out to Soldiers in Afghanistan and elsewhere because the unit stood up in June 2011. Hammack, in addition to Lt. Gen. Raymond V. Mason, deputy chief of staff, Army G-4, and Kevin Fahey, program executive officer, Combat Support and Combat Service Support, toured B-CIL Nov.... Read More »

BAE Systems received a freelance worth as much as $688 million from the U.S. Army to start Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of the Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) program. The PIM is an important upgrade of the M109A6 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer, restoring space, weight, and tool-cooling, while providing growth potential for emerging technologies. “The award is a serious milestone for both BAE Systems and the U.S. Army,” said Mark Signorelli, vp and general manager of Combat Vehicles at BAE Systems. “The PIM team, this system office, BAE Systems, and our suppliers were working cooperatively within the engineering, manufacturing, and development phase... Read More »

The F-16 has unequivocally proven its worth for the militia in intervention and stabilization operations. Inside the coming decades, we shall continue to require fighter aircraft. After comparing the candidates in 2001 and 2008, and updating the relevant information in 2013, the govt has decided, on operational, financial and economic grounds, to choose the F 35 because the new fighter aircraft for the Netherlands military. The F-35 is a well-considered choice for a high-tech, future-oriented air force. From an army operational perspective, the F-35 offers the best collection of options. It’s also essentially the mostsome of the most future-proof option.... Read More »