The Army is in the throes of a modernization effort that will transform the way it develops, buys and fields new technology. Leading that effort, and overseeing the Army’s $10 billion information technology budget, is LTG Susan Lawrence. It’s a much different world from the one she knew growing up Ida Grove, Iowa, before enlisting in the Army–when few people understood the potential of smart phones, let alone network-centric warfare.
Missile Defense Agency’s new long-range radar steps toward full deployment
“The LRDR completed a Space Domain Awareness (SDA) data collect event in January 2024 that proved the SDA capability, and the U.S. Space Force and MDA are in the process of formally declaring LRDR ready for SDA early use in April 2024,” according to MDA Director Lt. Gen. Heath Collins.