(Amerika) Streitkräfte der USA - allg. Sammelthread

[Quintus Fabius]

Erste sinnvolle Maßnahmen von Hegseth nachdem bis dato eigentlich nur irgendwelche ideologisch getünchte Symbolpolitik vorherrschend war:

https://breakingdefense.com/2025/05/hegs...ing-roles/

https://media.defense.gov/2025/May/01/20...REFORM.PDF

Kürzungen:

- Reduce and restructure manned attack helicopter formations and augment with inexpensive drone swarms capable of overwhelming adversaries

- Alex Miller, the Army Chief’s Chief Technology Officer, explained that the Army also plans to divest from its fleet of AH-64D aircraft, but it is not yet clear if the service will opt to replace them with the newer AH-64E models

- Also on the chopping block, is the “obsolete” Gray Eagle drone, produced by General Atomics

- An Army official today confirmed that the service will stop producing Humvees and Joint Light Tactical Vehicles.

- General Dynamics Land Systems will be told to stop producing its brand new light tank, the M10 Booker.

- the service’s ground vehicle portfolio is facing even deeper cuts, which could see modernization programs like the Robotic Combat Vehicle and ongoing Bradley replacement competition be halted, or legacy programs like the Stryker be hit

- Divest outdated formations, including select armor and aviation units across the Total Army

- Army headquarters will divest around 1,000 staff positions, though it’s unclear if those are civilian or uniformed

- Army Futures Command and TRADOC will be merged into one organization, while Forces Command will transform into Western Hemisphere Command and consolidate Army North and Army South into one group.

- trim general office positions to streamline command structures

- Breaking Defense previously reported that the Army was considering a plan that would leave only the Chief and Vice-Chief of the Army as four-stars among internal service positions

Neue Schwerpunkte:

- To build a leaner, more lethal force, the Army must transform at an accelerated pace by divesting outdated, redundant, and inefficient programs, as well as restructuring headquarters and acquisition systems

- deliver critical warfighting capabilities, optimize our force structure, and eliminate waste and obsolete programs

- Increase Army forward presence in the Indo-Pacific by expanding pre-positioned stocks, rotational deployments, and exercises with allies and partners to enhance strategic access, basing, and overflight

- A future Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) variant with a seeker to hit moving targets on land and at sea, ready by 2027. Miller subsequently told reporters that this is a new initiative to “double the range” of the weapon and it could potentially be produced by a new vendor

- Achieve electromagnetic and air-littoral dominance by 2027

- Fielding new launched effects in every division by the end of 2026 for soldiers to use from the ground or air

- Improve counter-UAS mobility and affordability, while also integrating those capabilities into maneuver platoons by 2026 and maneuver companies by 2027

- Extending advanced manufacturing, including 3D printing, to operational units by 2026

- Enable AI-driven command and control at Theater, Corps, and Division headquarters by 2027