Jen Judson
Land Warfare Reporter
Jen Judson is an award-winning journalist covering land warfare for Defense News. She has also worked for Politico and Inside Defense. She holds a Master of Science degree in journalism from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kenyon College.
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US Army’s first hypersonic battery to be fully equipped by December
The US Army’s first hypersonic battery will have its full load of eight missiles by December, marking a major milestone in the program.
Visualizing tactical networks
Soldiers test equipment for multi-domain combat and prepare to maximize its effect in dynamic battlefields during the two-week long Network Integration Evaluation that takes places annually at Fort Bliss outside of El Paso, Texas.
Rethinking the battlefield: Army drives toward lighter, smaller, mobile systems at NIE
For the new light infantry unit conducting the Network Integration Evaluation out at Fort Bliss, Texas, smaller, lighter and more mobile systems that don’t inherently make soldiers enemy targets due to heat and electromagnetic signatures are on the wish list for future system iterations.
Light infantry unit changes game at Network Integration Evaluation
The Network Integration Evaluation has been used for years to test aspects of the Army’s network at Fort Bliss, Texas; and since its inception, a full-time brigade has been designated to conduct the evaluations. But this year that has changed.
Interview: US Army Gen. Perkins talks NIE, battlefield networks
The U.S. Army is nearing the end of its two-week annual Network Integration Evaluation at Fort Bliss, Texas, where it tests out capabilities to determine how to continue to shape the network in the context of real battlefield operations.
Senate zeros out funding for Army’s battlefield network
The Senate Armed Services Committee, in its fiscal year 2018 policy bill, has zeroed out funding for the Army’s battlefield network. But the House Armed Services is taking the opposite tack, approving an amendment in its FY18 policy bill that asks the Army to consider speeding up the fielding of Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2.
Congress divided on Army’s battlefield comms future
Members of Congress appear divided over the performance of the Army’s key battlefield communications capability — the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical — and whether to accelerate or do away with the program.
From Mars to military: Perimeter detection just got smarter
The capability for troops and special operators to detect something on the perimeter of a base camp or out in the field just got smarter.
'Swimming, in the morass of information': Special Ops battles with big data
U.S. Special Operations Command is struggling to develop and implement technology that will help it get a handle on the large amount of information it must sift through to stay informed, make decisions and execute operations.
Coming soon: A SOFWERX for drones and robots
US Special Operations Command is launching a new effort to tackle drone and robotics technology hurdles rapidly, the same way it experiments with other capability problem sets through its SOFWERX model.
