Soldiers assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps Signal Detachment conducted live-fire familiarization training with the 5.56mm L-variant Drone Round at Oak Grove Training Center in North Carolina on April 9, 2026 — putting a new class of kinetic counter-drone ammunition to the test against small unmanned aerial systems without any modifications to their standard rifles.
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Rather than episodic execution, the new JIOP aims to foster a more enduring set of industry experimentation for the XVIII Airborne Division and, officials hope, the wider Army.
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In alignment with the Department of War’s 2026 National Defense Strategy and the Army Transformation Initiative (ATI), Fort Bragg and the XVIII Airborne Corps officially opened the Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin Joint Innovation Outpost (JIOP).
The U.S. Army opened the Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin Joint Innovation Outpost at Fort Bragg, a $26.3 million facility designed to speed the delivery of new technologies to Soldiers.
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