<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/initiatives/supply-chain-research/posts/how_the_army_transformed_contested_logistics.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><title>How the Army Transformed Contested Logistics</title><description>Find out how the U.S. Army is reinventing the way it fights when supply lines are no longer safe, and what cutting-edge innovations are turning logistics from a vulnerability into a battlefield advantage.</description><pubDate>03/27/2026</pubDate><image><img src="https://walton.uark.edu/initiatives/supply-chain-research/posts/images/alex_scmrc_8_913x485_72dpi.jpg" alt="A camouflage background graphic reading “How the Army Transformed Contested Logistics,” highlighting key changes—predictive logistics, asset visibility, and autonomous distribution—showing a box with location and gear icons, and noting the shift from commercial best practices to battlefield advantage."/></image><author>Alex Solis</author><tags><tag>clc</tag><tag>scmrpost</tag></tags></item>