'Last month, a group of 80 U.S. Army soldiers in a recently formed unit used attack and reconnaissance drones, electronic warfare (EW) equipment, and support from anti-tank weapons, mortarmen and snipers to evaluate a new way to detect and engage enemy forces. Dubbed the Multi Purpose Company (MPC), the unit was created under the Armyโs Transformation in Contact (TIC) program designed to speed up the process by which soldiers get the equipment and doctrine they need to fight modern wars.
The concept was informed by lessons from the ongoing war in Ukraine, now in its fourth year. The MPC โintegrates [drone] capability with long-range fires with EW all in the same organization,โ Army Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza, commanding general of V Corps, told The War Zone during a reporter roundtable at the Association of the U.S. Army annual conference in Washington, D.C. last year. โThatโs really coming straight out of watching whatโs going on in Ukraine.โ
The MPC concept was evaluated by troops from the 10th Mountain Divisionโs 3rd Combat Brigade Team (3BCT), known as โThe Patriots,โ during Exercise Combined Resolve 25-1 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germanyโฆ'
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