![Teague works with partners like Overland AI, a company on the leading edge of autonomous land systems, to navigate complex, off-road terrain at operationally relevant speeds. (Photo courtesy of Overland AI)](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/10/BehindTeague-350x233.jpg)
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In addition to halting the FARA competition, service leaders want to end UH-60 V Blackhawk production, postpone moving the Improved Turbine Engine Program into production, and phase out legacy drones.
By Ashley Roque![Now that DoD picked first set of Replicator capabilities, next step is ‘acceleration pathways’](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/01/240110_kath_hicks_smiling_8140780-scaled-e1704914843340-225x150.jpg)
“Each of the services nominated capabilities for consideration in the selection process, based on a warfighter-centric set of criteria,” a Pentagon spokesman told Breaking Defense.
By Jaspreet Gill![Telemaintenance and stockpiles: Army Materiel Command takes its own lessons from Ukraine](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/01/240104_army_prepositioned_stocks_6534035-scaled-e1704382730186-225x150.jpg)
“Think about Ukraine as an island… we are not allowed to cross the border,” Army Materiel Command’s deputy Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan told Breaking Defense.
By Ashley Roque![Not just 155mm: Army says it needs supplemental funds to shore up combat vehicle fleets](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/01/258428-scaled-e1674231246800-225x150.jpg)
The service has sent hundreds of ground combat vehicles to Ukraine since February 2022, and Maj. Gen. Glenn Dean warned that “sustainment challenges” abound without additional dollars.
By Ashley Roque![Army acquisition chief: As industry innovation races ahead, service struggles with resources, training](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/6853831-scaled-e1651684931820-225x150.jpg)
“You can have a terrific piece of gear, but if it’s very difficult to train, it’s just not going to be as effective or if it’s too expensive to train on, it’s not going to be as affordable for the Army to do at scale and everything the Army does is at vast scale,” Doug Bush said.
By Jaspreet Gill![Army investigating latest hypersonic stumble as fielding timeline likely slips](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/09/dark-eagle-2-e1694112492168-225x150.jpg)
“We’re close to understanding what exactly the problem was, which will inform our path to getting back to testing,” said Army acquisition head Doug Bush.
By Ashley Roque![Shooting for the moon: Army’s 2025 budget to reflect artillery revamp](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/02/Extended-Range-Artillery-Cannon-ERCA-Army-225x150.jpeg)
“If the… 58-cal cannon solution can’t deliver on a timeline we want, what are the other options? That can be munitions…new munitions with old cannons and it can be different cannons,” said Army acquisition head Doug Bush.
By Ashley Roque and Michael Marrow![Army in ‘much better place’ on MSV-L support ship, still calculating buys after cost hike: Official](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/03/MSV1-scaled-e1677702737147-225x150.jpg)
“What we learned was, given the requirements we gave the vendor, it just was going to cost more. … You don’t want to see that, but it’s going to happen sometimes,” Army acquisition chief Doug Bush said.
By Ashley Roque![Government shutdown: How it could impact the military, civilians and defense industry](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/09/mccarthy-headache-scaled-e1695774733176-225x150.jpg)
Bill LaPlante, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, noted that China doesn’t have to deal with this kind of budget chaos. “We can teach them how to do that. That would be helpful,” he said.
By Breaking Defense Staff![Army renames Mobile Protected Firepower ‘M10 Booker combat vehicle,’ says toxic fume issue fixed](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/M10-Booker-scaled-e1686335846785-225x150.jpg)
“I’m happy to report that toxic fumes were one of our concerns at the production decision and we’ve been doing some engineering and testing, and I can confidently say today that that is an issue that is behind us,” an Army official said.
By Ashley Roque![Army’s FY24 budget request doesn’t include funding for new Abrams prototype](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/10/Abrams-X-225x150.jpg)
The service is deciding if it will continue onward with a SEPv4 Abrams and future upgrades or find a new future main battle tank.
By Ashley Roque![‘Up our game’: The Pentagon’s 3 strategies to shore up munitions stockpiles](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/07/pac-3-launch.jpg.pc-adaptive.1920-e1679325063838-225x150.jpg)
With the war in Ukraine raging, missile and other munition production seems like a sure bet. But the Pentagon knows industry is wary of getting burned should attitudes change and is trying to offer novel reassurances.
By Ashley Roque![US gets an ‘F’ for erratic, unfocused funding of defense innovation, says Reagan Foundation](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/12/6705470-scaled-e1678827282975-225x150.jpg)
A ponderous budget process, overspending on old tech, and chronically late appropriations hamstring the Pentagon’s ability to tap into private-sector innovation, according to the foundation’s new scorecard.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![Rapid updates, flexible authorities key for modern combat, says Army acquisition chief](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/04/AH-64-Apache-maintainer-army.mil-93774-2010-12-04-031212-e1677182981605-225x150.jpg)
Assistant Secretary Doug Bush defended the controversial Middle-Tier Acquisition process and said he wanted to use the streamlined Software Pathway more, arguing speed is life on constantly evolving battlefields.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.