PEO Soldier, the Soldier Lethality Cross-Functional Team and industry are partnering to develop the initial version of adaptive squad architecture in multiple phases over an 18-month period. ASA ...

The U.S. Army Central team won the 2025 Army Futures Command (AFC) Best Squad Competition, held here May 12–16.

And beyond the squad, the aim is to have ASA “talk” wirelessly with platforms that the soldiers are riding in, from Bradleys and Strykers to new helicopters and future vehicles.

The first Army unit is expected to receive the Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle and light machine gun variants by September 2023, said Burris, soldier lethality cross-functional team director.

For the first time, the Army will run a “best squad” competition that will pit soldiers from a variety of jobs against each other in five-soldier teams. No, that’s not an error, it’s not a ...

The U.S. Army plans to roll out a mobile app for its squad leaders that will act as a daily playbook and provide a new way to advise and connect with soldiers. The move is part of the service's ...

Troops fired the XM7 rifle and XM250 automatic rifle, part of the Next Generation Squad Weapon program, at the Cold Regions Test Center at Fort Greeley, Alaska, according to an Army release.

Dropping back to the 13-Marine configuration still gives Marines more personnel than the standard nine-soldier U.S. Army squad. It also returns the squad to its previous size, but instead with a ...

Every squad in the Army may soon carry at least one of the mini-'SBS' drones that New York National Guard soldiers trained with at Fort Drum, New York. By Patty Nieberg Published Jul 1, 2024 4:56 ...

National Guard soldiers with the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team became the first Guardsmen to field-test the service’s Next Generation Squad Weapon systems this month, officials said in a ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The 13-Marine squad is back, and the Corps is creating a new company within the infantry battalion to meet its modern war-fighting needs.. Commandant Gen. Eric Smith ...