ENGINEERED RESILIENT SYSTEMS BY MARY MARGARE T HALFORD, ERDC
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The Engineered Resilient Systems (ERS) program, headquartered at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi, is answering that call. With high-performance computing as a main ingredient, the ERS program is developing concepts, techniques, and tools that offer a deeper look
U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY SPC. HUBERT D. DELANY II
o maintain military superiority, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) must have state-of-the-art weapon systems. But in today’s climate of shrinking budgets and uncertain conflicts, fielding adaptable weapons more quickly and inexpensively can be a challenge.
An AH-64 Apache helicopter with 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, during a combined arms live-fire exercise in Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 28, 2018. Selection for the Army’s newest Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, or FARA, is underway and could replace about 50 percent of the Army’s aging Apache fleet.
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