{"id":838,"date":"2023-11-27T01:22:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T01:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=838"},"modified":"2023-11-27T01:22:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T01:22:11","slug":"unmanned-aerial-systems-emerging-technology-showcased-at-annual-maneuver-and-fires-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=838","title":{"rendered":"Unmanned Aerial Systems, Emerging Technology Showcased at Annual Maneuver and Fires Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By SGT Luis Santiago, 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

FORT SILL, Okla.\u2013 Nearly 30 government organizations and industry partners from across the defense enterprise gathered to identify, integrate, and leverage new tactical capabilities using cutting-edge technologies during the annual Maneuver and Fires Integrated Experiment, simply known as MFIX, from Oct. 23 to Nov. 3, 2023.<\/p>\n

Established in 2014, MFIX is the primary live experiment spearheaded by the Fires Battle Lab, under the Fires Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate or Fires CDID based at Fort Sill, Okla. MFIX is part of a series of experimental events as part of the U.S. Army\u2019s overarching effort to remain at the forefront of technological innovation and warfighting ability for the Army of 2030 and beyond to maintain superiority over any potential adversary.<\/p>\n

The two-week event brought Department of Defense partners and defense industry leaders from across the U.S. to experiment on various programs of record with emerging technology to seek possible solutions in today\u2019s operating and complex environment.<\/p>\n

Soldiers from across different Army organizations, to include the famed 1st Armored Division, took part in this year\u2019s MFIX to provide industry partners with the Soldier\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n

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As part of MFIX, Soldiers directly handle and experiment with new and improved technologies and give direct feedback to industry, government partners to gather key insight and reduce the time it takes to get technology into the field and in Soldiers\u2019 hands to operate in the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery technology gets an assessment based on Soldiers\u2019 touch points, and we have our report, which is an analysis and observation, based on the collected data points,\u201d said Robert Muniz, a Fires Battle Lab targeting expert. \u201cThe industry partners will come in, and they have new technology that gets assessed for a year and the end state of all of this is to reduce the time it takes to get technology into the field and in Soldiers hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the primary orchestrator of the event, the Fires Battle Lab aims to foster innovation and facilitate the rapid integration of promising technologies into the Army\u2019s capabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s MFIX featured several new technologies, including unmanned aircraft systems, advanced fire control systems, laser technology, and a defeat system against intelligent UAS detection,\u201d Muniz added.<\/p>\n

In previous years, the participants were immersed in a simulated combat environment, allowing for the real-time analysis and assessment of various technologies and strategies. However, this iteration of MFIX was used as an observational period as the Army runs a series of exercises designed to coordinate data collection, communication, and decision-making leading up to U.S. Army Futures Command\u2019s centerpiece event \u2018Project Convergence-Capstone 24 (PC-4)\u2019 being held in early 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year is a little bit different,\u201d said Muniz. \u201cThe Soldiers we have this year have been used more as data collectors and observers on the system,\u201d Muniz continues. \u201cIn previous years, Soldiers got new equipment training, they got an understanding of the capability of each technology or what each system can do, and they used it at MFIX.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Project Convergence is rebranding as a culmination of several exercises across the force as the event shifts from tactical level to theater level operations with full divisions and a focus on global military integration for command and control. The testing conducted at MFIX is just one small part of a concerted effort to incorporate knowledge gained from training ventures as part of the PC-4.<\/p>\n

Army Col. Osvaldo Ortiz, chief of the Army G-3\/5\/7\u2019s mission command division, told reporters during a June 2023 media interview that \u201call those exercises are going to inform what the Army Futures Command is going to get after at PC-4 capstone.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the U.S. Army continues to train for potential near-peer conflicts, exercises like MFIX allow industry and government partners to offer state-of-the-art solutions as the Army changes the way it organizes, equips, and fights.<\/p>\n

\u201d The goal of MFIX is for [Soldiers] to get an understanding of what these new technologies can do, and they\u2019ll have an understanding of what it will be able to do in the future,\u201d said Muniz.<\/p>\n

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