Army plans to spend $16B modernizing organic industrial base

By Tony Bertuca / October 12, 2021 at 12:43 PM
(Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story, based on remarks from Lt. Gen. Flem Walker of Army Materiel Command, reported the Army would be spending $16 billion over the next five years on organic industrial base modernization. An Army official clarified the service will actually be spending $16 billion over the next 15 years and around $5 billion over the next five years.) The Army intends to spend around $16 billion over the next 15 years to modernize...

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