Bush: If you build it, they will fund

By Ethan Sterenfeld / February 18, 2022 at 12:06 PM
Funding for the Army's modernization programs will grow if the service demonstrates its ability to develop and field new systems, Doug Bush, the Army acquisition executive, told reporters Feb. 17. “I think we will earn additional funding to field things if we show, as an Army, that we can get things through [research and development], prototype, soldiers like it, put it in the field,” Bush said. “We’ve got to get some points on the board. I think we will.” The...

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