Smaller AUSA Winter Event Kicks Off Amid Army Shift From 'Buying' To 'Thinking'

By Tony Bertuca / February 20, 2013 at 4:25 PM
FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA -- The smaller trade floor footprint and the shrunken attendance at the Association of the United States Army's Winter Symposium here show clearly that times -- and budgets -- have changed. Gen. Robert Cone, the chief of Training and Doctrine Command, said the cost of the event had been reduced by 95 percent, and that the service has allowed only 57 members of the "A-Team" to make the trip to Florida. Major industry players like Lockheed Martin...

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