🌱 What did the Army learn testing future warfare tech at Fort Irwin?

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• What did the Army learn testing future warfare tech at Fort Irwin?

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📰 News we're reading

• Soldier Feedback, Lessons Learned Fuel Army Modernization (ausa.org) — Fort Irwin hosted the Army's major Project Convergence-Capstone 6 exercise in July, where new command-and-control technology and data management concepts were tested at combat speed. Lessons from that event, along with conflicts abroad, are now shaping how the Army modernizes, experiments with industry, and prepares soldiers for faster, data-driven future battles.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Victor Valley Emerges as a Logistics and Aerospace Hub (livability.com)
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• New Development Is Transforming the Victor Valley (livability.com)
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Victorville

• 13950 Hesperia Rd, APT 8, Victorville, CA 92395 (zillow.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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