{"id":9738,"date":"2022-04-13T20:47:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T23:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=9738"},"modified":"2022-04-13T20:48:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T23:48:54","slug":"army-expeditionary-warrior-experiment-mas-tecnologias-para-las-pequenas-fracciones-de-combate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=9738","title":{"rendered":"Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment, m\u00e1s tecnolog\u00edas para las peque\u00f1as fracciones de combate"},"content":{"rendered":"

El US Army Meneuver Center of Excelence\u00a0<\/strong>lleva adelante\u00a0el Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE), que incluye\u00a0diversos proyectos destinados a dotar de m\u00e1s capacidades a\u00a0los soldados integrantes de\u00a0las menores fracciones org\u00e1nicas de esa fuerza Es que cada vez resulta m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil ocultarse del enemigo y poder batirlo, pero tambi\u00e9n evitar ser batido por sus armas en el campo de batalla actual. M\u00e1s letalidad, UAS\u00a0\/ UCAS y “Loitering munitions, m\u00e1s sistemas sensores, m\u00e1s conectividad, m\u00e1s capacidades de guerra electr\u00f3nica, son algunos de los objetivos a lograr para el combatiente del futuro.<\/p>\n

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Soldiers in the \u201cblue force\u201d set up to assault a compound. The opposing force set up an expedient minefield in their path. The blue force team began\u00a0targeting\u00a0<\/a>their foes\u2019 drone operators. The opposition\u00a0force<\/a>\u00a0aimed to take out the blue force platoon leader.<\/p>\n

The scene devolved into a shootout. And the entire episode was over in about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

That was just one of a range of events that planners with the Army\u2019s Maneuver Center of Excellence at\u00a0Fort Benning, Georgia<\/a>, saw unfold as part of the service\u2019s annual Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment this past year.<\/p>\n

From these live, force-on-force, unscripted exercises, Harry Lubin, chief of the Maneuver Battle Lab\u2019s live experimentation branch, shared one key lesson.<\/p>\n

\u201cBottom line: it is getting harder and harder to hide on the current battlefield,\u201d Lubin said.<\/p>\n

That previous blue force and opposition force clash unfolded into a savage shootout because soldiers didn\u2019t have a clear way to counter opposition drones or mask themselves effectively on the battlefield.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, MCOE highlighted a batch of the technologies and capabilities they\u2019ve been working with alongside government and industry entities to get after tactical, small unit and soldier problems.<\/p>\n

Those problems need fixing to ready soldiers for what looks to be a faster, deadlier and more challenging future battlespace.<\/p>\n

Lubin laid out some of the technologies they\u2019ve seen in this year\u2019s AEWE.<\/p>\n

The presentation included everything from soldier-borne power generators that run off windshield wiper fluid to an extremely precise way to destroy an entrenched enemy with a fraction of the firepower that would typically require a mortar section.<\/p>\n

All of the items shared are still in phases of experimentation or development. A few have cycled through AEWE in the past and been used in the Army\u2019s big-ticket event, Project Convergence. Others recently came into the AEWE aperture and will require more work before handing it off to an Army program.<\/p>\n

The AEWE has been running in one form or another for at least the past 15 years. In recent years, Army leaders focus the experiments on cross-domain maneuver for tactical-level units. That means synchronizing forces and capabilities in multiple domains.<\/p>\n

So, it\u2019s more than better bullets and new drones.<\/p>\n

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The LifeLens biometric sensor was used on soldiers at its 2022 Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment. (LifeLens)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To meet that challenge, AEWE has seen artificial intelligence-driven sensors faster-firing weaponry help units step out of the shadows to fire on the enemy and then fade quickly back into the blind.<\/p>\n

One such innovation are Ground Launch Effects, or GLE, made by Raytheon. Those are tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided missiles that can loiter, providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, before striking.<\/p>\n

More importantly, the weapon allowed units to target forces on the fly and hit a \u201chigh payoff\u201d target list without revealing their division-level fires units, Lubin said. That small-unit ability allowed division cavalry to run screen and zone reconnaissance quickly.<\/p>\n

While steel on target is the money-maker for maneuver forces in combat, units can\u2019t get in the fight if they\u2019re destroyed once their systems go live. To meet that vulnerability, the exercise used a system called \u201cCyberboss\u201d to simulate electronic warfare attacks in their experiments.<\/p>\n

Cyberboss\u00a0<\/b>gives soldiers a real feel for what it will take to mask themselves in the electromagnetic spectrum and also use their own EW assets against the enemy.<\/p>\n

Back on fires, a fire-control system dubbed \u201cFirestorm\u201d managed sensors and shooters to hit a variety of targets from a range of platforms, Lubin said.<\/p>\n

But to the mortar-loving soldier, one of the coolest add-ons is \u201cSpike Firefly,\u201d a mini-loitering drone system capable of entering doorways and windows and able to pack a warhead with the equivalent firepower of a 60mm mortar.<\/p>\n

For perspective, Lubin noted that the standard Army tactical manual estimates that 60mm mortar rounds are needed to neutralize a platoon-sized enemy force in an entrenched position.<\/p>\n

The Spike Firefly-warhead combo did the same task with six shots.<\/p>\n

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The Raytheon Ground Launched Effects or GLE, gives soldiers a loitering ISR and strike capability fired from a TOW launcher. (Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That falls in with the battle lab\u2019s Squad 10X project, which aims to make an individual nine-soldier squad 10 times more lethal through added technology.<\/p>\n

Another mortar system ratchets up larger mortar fire rates, too.<\/p>\n

The ALAKRAN light mortar carrier lets a crew emplace, aim and shoot eight mortar rounds in less than 90 seconds, Lubin said. That\u2019s part of its \u201cshoot and scoot\u201d capabilities.<\/p>\n

A \u201csoldier favorite\u201d Lubin said was the new Modular Advanced Weapon Laser, which allows for infrared and visible green laser aiming and illumination for both individual and crew-served weapons. It could replace the AN\/PEQ-15 if adopted and is already in use by special operators.<\/p>\n

Connecting many of these fires and sensors and moving a small unit around a cluttered and dangerous battlespace are Robotic Autonomous Systems platoons and companies, central to humans running all of this gear.<\/p>\n

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The “Honey Badger” is a soldier-worn power generator and battery charger that runs off windshield wiper fluid. (Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They are constructed, systems-focused units, with standard infantry roles but enabled by robotics and sensors to do more tasks with fewer soldiers.<\/p>\n

Those platoons are not going to be filled with highly specialized long-schooled techie soldiers. The Army aims to have these platoons filled and run by about any MOS. Right now, infantry soldiers or supply specialists with a dozen hours of training can run the autonomous resupply that keeps the unit in the fight.<\/p>\n

But the tech at AEWE isn\u2019t all about hitting targets or reconnoitering the area.<\/p>\n

Soldier health is key to keeping troops going. And soldiers in some of this past year\u2019s experiments wore a slender, adhesive sensor on their skin, about the length of a cigarette and thinner than a credit card.<\/p>\n

That sensor allowed medics and commanders to see their heart rate, core temperature, activity level, heat strain index and breathing rate.<\/p>\n

Leaders could track performance over time and, Lubin said, they already see potential for tracking casualty location and vital biometric data en route during a medical evacuation.<\/p>\n

Oh, and CASEVACs are getting an upgrade if these experiments prove fruitful.<\/p>\n

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The ALKARAN mortar system can emplace, target and fire eight mortars in less than 90 seconds. (Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Soldiers flew a 70-pound mannequin from a wooded area over 4km in under four minutes in a test phase.<\/p>\n

They also flew loads of gear weighing as much as 326 pounds more than 3km at speeds up to 92mph.<\/p>\n

Experimenters didn\u2019t forget they\u2019ve got to fuel and power all these platforms.<\/p>\n

A cargo trailer tinkered with during the experiments can recharge batteries, run a tethered drone and offload AC\/DC power. Another individual vehicle can carry soldiers and equipment with a quiet-running, all-electric motor.<\/p>\n

Last but not least is the \u201choney badger,\u201d a windshield-wiper fluid-fueled, single-soldier wearable power generator and battery charger.<\/p>\n

That system has been improved over at the Army\u2019s Combat Capabilities Development Command with added venting to reduce noise and thermal signature.<\/p>\n

Fuente:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.armytimes.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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