Army research command sees new role in 'technology forecasting'

By Ashley Tressel / February 7, 2019 at 5:40 PM
The director of the Combat Capabilities Development Command, now under Army Futures Command, says it's partly his responsibility to tell AFC what it can realistically achieve within its aggressive time lines to develop modern systems. Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins, chief of the former Research, Development and Engineering Command, told reporters in Washington today he calls this "technology forecasting." "As we're developing a concept, we want to ensure that [AFC is] informed that that concept and the technologies that it might...

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