Army senior leaders have selected Lt. Gen. Mike Murray to lead Army Futures Command, slated to reach initial operational capability in July of this year.
Monday, December 9, 2024
Monday, December 9, 2024
Courtney McBride was the managing editor of Inside the Army until May 2018. She previously worked for Hotline and National Journal. A native of the Philadelphia area, she studied the modern Middle East at the University of Pennsylvania.
Army senior leaders have selected Lt. Gen. Mike Murray to lead Army Futures Command, slated to reach initial operational capability in July of this year.
The Army has postponed "indefinitely" its plan to upgrade the M113 armored personnel carrier for echelons above brigade -- an approach billed as an interim solution to the mobility and survivability limitations of the Vietnam-era vehicle.
The scarcity of new ground vehicle development programs means future systems that rely more heavily on cutting-edge technologies will encounter "cost, schedule and performance challenges," according to a new report.
A proposed amendment to the House version of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill would impose new restrictions on real property leases by the Defense Department, and could add new hurdles to the headquarters selection for Army Futures Command.
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Army Secretary Mark Esper has made a stationing decision for the eight cross-functional teams pursuing the service's six modernization priorities.
The Army will need to abandon the traditional procurement model to achieve its goal of modernizing on an expedited schedule, according to the service's top civilian official.
During a May 15 hearing of the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee, lawmakers queried Army senior leaders about the service’s plans to modernize and called for disciplined execution of its increased funding.
Lawmakers aim to support the Army's effort to build a division-sized prepositioned set of equipment in Europe, but would not categorize the move as a wartime expense.
The version of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill passed by the House Armed Services Committee last week includes a provision that would require the Defense Department to provide information on its efforts to protect Army maneuver forces from low-cost unmanned aircraft systems.
The Army intends to spend $580 million from fiscal year 2020 through FY-24 on efforts to provide assured position, navigation and timing capability, according to a recent report.
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As the Army prepares to stand up a new organization tasked with overseeing modernization, a congressional committee is seeking further insight into the process.
Several Army general officers were nominated for promotion on May 7.
The Army needs to combine greater outreach to industry -- traditional and otherwise -- with less prescriptive requirements to foster innovation and improve acquisition, according to the service secretary.
NASHVILLE, TN -- The Army is weighing the possibility of boosting CH-47 Chinook force structure to support the requirements of the 101st Airborne Division.
NASHVILLE, TN -- The Defense Department's funding boost in fiscal year 2018 has provided "tremendous help" to Army aviation, enabling the service to accelerate its modernization plans, according to an official.
The Army's pursuit of long-range precision fires capability relies on "an incremental approach" across multiple capabilities for employment at different echelons, according to a new document.
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The Army has laid out its vision of the future force and a path to achieving it, but maintains that fiscal uncertainty or diminished budgets could derail the effort.