“We're actually getting [soldiers] involved in how we're helping to design the force….My view is that we are going to see a lot of refinements from the field that will really help us figure out how we need to adjust," said Army Chief Randy George.
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If approved, the US Army will lean on BAE Systems to ramp up production from 12 vehicles per month to 16 over the next two years.
“We're very confident that [in] FY24 we're able to maintain the investments that we need in order to deliver the modernization strategy that we've set forth,” Undersecretary of the Army Gabe Camarillo.
“I feel really good about the product we're sending to Congress. Now, is it perfect? No… important trades had to be made,” Army acquisition head Douglas Bush said today.
AEI's John Ferrari asks five important questions that the Army needs to answer before committing to high-dollar procurments during its modernization push.
"The evolution of OWT shows how 3D terrain and information services are becoming essential tools for planning and decision-making not just for the U.S. Army but for a wide range of military, civil and commercial institutions," Maxar's Tony Frazier said.
Congress must stop shortchanging the Army budget, especially modernization, so it can play its proper role in the Indo-Pacific and worldwide, writes the former chief of US Army Pacific.
The Army may spin off a procurement track solely for software development — in parallel to physical production — in hopes of hastening the "cadence" of essential digital upgrades to OMFV, officials told Breaking Defense.
“[We’re] trying to to mirror what it would be like to deploy into an austere environment, from fort-to-port, and then generate combat power on a foreign soil.”
It’s no news to Breaking Defense readers that the U.S. military faces a readiness crisis. But retired Gen. David Petraeus apparently disagrees. Yes, the military’s budget has been cut by 25 percent in real terms since 2011—much of it coming from accounts used to maintain and build combat readiness. Yes, leaders from the Army, Navy, […]