SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Approximately 155 Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard’s Pontiac-based A Troop, 2nd Squadron, ...

Each team participating in the Blue Object Management Challenge Accelerator will receive a portion of the $500,000 prize.

The unit’s upcoming string of exercises, called “Lightning Surge,” begins in January 2026, and will be conducted in tandem with the 4 ID “Ivy” Division’s Ivy Sting exercise series for NGC2 prototype ...