The Fall 2022 issue of Armor & Mobility focuses on Project Convergence, the Army’s campaign of accelerated testing for evolving legacy and emerging solutions across an architecture of Joint force application, that is helping align the Force in support of Multi-Domain Operations or MDO.
Features include:
- Cover Interview with LTG Scott McKean, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC), and Director, Futures and Concepts Center
- Interview with LTG Thomas Todd, Deputy Commanding General for Acquisition Systems and AFC Chief Innovation Officer on latest S&T for future MDO
- Interview with MG Gavin Lawrence, Commander, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) on critical supplies delivery to Ukraine
- The Army’s replacement for its Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) currently undergoing developmental testing
- Roundtable Discussion with Army Futures and U.S. Army Combat Capabilities and Development Command (DEVCOM) and Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) on the latest in platform upgrades and future combat readiness:
- Mr. Blendi Berati, Program Manager, Crew Optimization & Augmentation Technologies (COAT) program
- Mr. N. Joseph Kott III, Senior Science & Technology Advisor, Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross Functional Team, AFC
- Mr. Jack Hartner Branch Chief for Robotic and Autonomous Software Research
- Program Executive Office for Communications, Command and Control (PEO-C3T) and Army’s new Unified Network Operations (UNO) tactical architecture
- The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) presently working with small business to re-purpose obsolete raw materials and the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires