7 posts tagged Army from Defense & Donuts.
The Army's PrSM hypersonic successor promised 500km range and rapid fielding. Years later, it's hitting 400km and slipping schedules.
K. BrennanThe Army's DE M-SHORAD laser is supposed to burn drones out of the sky cheaply. So why does it keep missing its own deadlines?
K. BrennanThe Army has been trying to replace the Bradley IFV for decades. The XM30 program is the latest attempt, and it's already showing familiar signs of trouble.
K. BrennanThe Army is spending $6 billion to upgrade its Stryker fleet, but the vehicle's identity crisis is older than the program itself.
K. BrennanThe Army bet $43 billion on HoloLens-based goggles that would turn soldiers into cyborgs. Instead, troops got nausea and blurry icons.
K. BrennanThe Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System promised soldiers a heads-up display for the battlefield. What they got was a $70K headache.
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