For the first time since arriving at Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) in February 2018, the Screening Obscuration Module (SOM) is undergoing testing in a mounted configuration atop a Humvee. “It’s exciting ...

The SOM has been undergoing testing at Dugway’s West Desert Test Center since February 2018, starting with the concept model and progressing to the production model. (U.S. Army) The U.S. Army is ...

A TRV-150 lifts a smoke obscuration device during a US Army 36th Engineer Brigade combat training exercise in Fort Hood, Texas. (Janes/Meredith Roaten) US Army is fielding new devices to make it ...

The U.S. Army is looking to develop a new "fog of war," but in order to keep up with ever-evolving technological advances, it is turning to a technology that dates back to the Civil War - smokescreens ...