R AL& TMY SUMMER 2 0 1 9 FEATURE ARTICLES


44 CCDC’S ROAD MAP TO MODERNI Z ING THE ARMY: THE NE TWORK Refining a network that keeps Soldiers connected and informed in any mission


52 NO MYST ERIES, PL E A SE Budgeting for Army acquisition programs is both art and science


61 FUNDING KICK-STA RT A new rapid prototyping program speeds tech development


66 FACES OF THE FORCE : MICHEL L E HODGES


Rapid gets rapid-er


68 MODERNI Z ING THE NE TWORK Army network modernization insights from the Project Manager for Tactical Network


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THE SHA PE OF THINGS TO COME Pivotal developments in the concept of operations for terrain shaping


80 BRIDGING THE GA P Incentivizing innovation to field new C-DAEM munitions


85 A SK THE RIGHT QUEST IONS For the Army to develop AI, it needs to collect the right data


89 T IGHT ENING THE SUP P LY CHA IN Initiatives to make sure foreign military sales don’t affect U.S. Army readiness


94 AUTOMAT ED INVENTORY CONST R A IN TS New automated system improves ammunition tracking, but Soldiers in forward theaters can’t use it


100 BRINGING INT EL TO CONT R AC T ING Existing methods of collecting information can improve contracting


106 FROM SENSOR TO SHOOT ER FA ST ER Army, Air Force demonstrate conversion of long-range targeting data in real time


111 C YBER VS. DRONE Army prototypes cyber anti-drone capabilities


114 FACES OF THE FORCE : C A P T. ZACHARY SCHOFIE LD Out-of-the-blue solution makes sustainment easier


COMMENTARY


116 MAGIC BUL L E TS: THE FUTURE OF A RT IF ICI AL INT EL L IGENCE IN WE A PON SYST EMS Tough questions remain as AI capability advances


122 SO MUCH DATA, SO LI T T LE TIME What’s important, and how do we measure it?


128 A RCHI T EC TURE FOR ARMY MODERNI Z ATION Engineering the system of modernization systems


WORKFORCE


134 FROM THE DACM: BRING YOUR DATA We have to know what we know, not what we think we know


137 A CHANCE TO THINK Naval Postgraduate School professor goes the distance to share acquisition case studies with workforce


141 C A REER NAVIGATOR: SO LONG ACRB— SORT OF


Phased rollout of integrated HR system marks major, if gradual, shift


144 FACES OF THE FORCE : BENTON GADY


TACOM’s sustainment liaison


146 FOURTH SSCF SI TE OP ENS Ten-month fellowship for civilians now available at Picatinny


148 ON THE MOVE


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