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Army proposes command consolidation and faster tech adoption; lawmakers ask how acquisition will change
Summary
Senior Army leaders described plans to merge components of Army Futures Command and TRADOC to streamline requirements, speed prototypes into soldier hands and better engage industry. Members sought specifics about acquisition authorities, reuse/repair rights and how to preserve industrial capacity.
Army witnesses described efforts to speed technology from labs into formations by consolidating functions and reducing stovepipes in the requirements and acquisition processes.
“We are going to combine those together,” Secretary Daniel Driscoll said, describing the intent to merge elements of Army Futures Command and Training and Doctrine Command to reduce duplication and place more capability in the hands of soldiers faster.
The Nut Graf: The proposed consolidation aims to shorten the feedback loop between users and developers, lessen headquarters overhead and permit rapid…
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