Press Releases
Official Army Announcements
2026
July
- July 15, 2026 Army announces Project Convergence-Capstone 6: A milestone in modernization
- July 7, 2026 Army modifies body composition program, adopts waist-to-height ratio
June
- June 25, 2026 Army announces conditional lease awards for domestic critical mineral processing facilities to secure defense supply chains
- June 25, 2026 Army updates Chaplain Corps uniforms
- June 25, 2026 US Army establishes Space Operations Branch to enable multidomain dominance
- June 22, 2026 Army and industry align on common data baseline, as Next Generation Command and Control moves from prototyping to delivery
- June 18, 2026 President Trump awards Medal of Honor
- June 17, 2026 Army leadership invites innovators to shape the future of Air Defense at LCI Industry Day
- June 16, 2026 Army launches tranche II of Strategic Capital Initiatives focused on energy resilience
- June 16, 2026 US Army launches 'Tell Your Formation' website
- June 11, 2026 U.S. Army, Allies and Partners to Expand Drone and Counter-Drone Marketplaces at Eurosatory Defense Exhibition
- June 10, 2026 Army commissions second cohort of tech executives into Executive Innovation Corps
- June 9, 2026 Army Astronaut Col. Frank Rubio Selected for NASA's Historic Artemis III Mission
- June 5, 2026 Department of Energy and U.S. Army reach a major milestone on advanced microreactors
May
- May 23, 2026 US Army meets FY26 recruiting goals
- May 14, 2026 Army, interagency, industry and local leaders unite at inaugural DCI Summit
- May 5, 2026 Army and defense sector announce, 'Right to Integrate' hackathon sprint for shared technology
- May 4, 2026 Army convenes industry leaders for AI tabletop exercise focused on cyber defense
April
- April 22, 2026 US Army announces new Combat Field Test to enhance Soldier readiness
- April 21, 2026 Army unveils FY27 budget request focused on Soldiers and transformation
- April 15, 2026 U.S. Army announces popular name for the MV-75 FLRAA: “Cheyenne”
- April 9, 2026 Army launches data operations center to give warfighters the decisive edge
March
- March 26, 2026 Army reaches conditional agreement with private industry for hyperscaled data centers
- March 24, 2026 US Army launches online marketplace to revolutionize drone acquisition
- March 22, 2026 Secretary of the Army’s Cyber Strategic Seminar examines cyber policy, talent and future force readiness