Natick Touts ‘Ironman’ Milestone

Military​.com just posted an item in the Army news section that highlights the results of Natick’s forward operational assessment of the Large Capacity Ammunition Carriage System, also known as “Ironman.”
The article states that Ironman began during a discussion between members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, about how three-man, crew-served weapons teams struggled to stay together during engagements with the enemy while negotiating difficult terrain. Wouldn’t it be nice, someone said, if they had a one-man weapon system like the one actor Jesse Venture had brandished in the movie “Predator”?

Sequestration will not kill Army’s NIEs

 

Army leaders confirmed Wednesday that the Army’s fourth Network Integration Evaluation will occur this spring even if sequestration hits, like many expect, on Friday.

BAE Tapped to Lead Army Micro-Robotic Effort

 

The Army has awarded BAE Systems a $43 million cooperative agreement extension to lead the Army Research Laboratory’s Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology Collaborative Technology Alliance for another five years.