Official: Army should focus on modernization in new platforms

By Ethan Sterenfeld / February 4, 2021 at 11:45 AM
(Clarification: The story has been updated to clarify that Maj. Gen. Donahoe did not intend to say modernization programs should be pursued at the expense of legacy systems.) The Army should ensure that its modernization efforts produce fully new vehicles, the commanding general of the service's Maneuver Center of Excellence said Feb. 4. "We need to look at our modernization and what we're buying," Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe said at Defence iQ's virtual International Armoured Vehicles conference. "There is...

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