Esper: 'We know we need to trim programs' to fund modernization

By Courtney McBride / April 6, 2018 at 4:15 PM
Army senior leaders expect to make cuts to existing programs in order to fund their ambitious modernization objectives over six priority areas, according to the service secretary. In April 5 remarks at the Heritage Foundation, Mark Esper cited the "large pipeline" of existing programs of record and said leaders are "looking very closely" at the entire portfolio. While the service has "realigned over a billion dollars" in science and technology funding to the six modernization priorities, another challenge could come...

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