Futures Command Won’t Hurt Oversight, Army Tells Congress

Futures Command Won’t Hurt Oversight, Army Tells Congress
Futures Command Won’t Hurt Oversight, Army Tells Congress

The Army believes it has all the legal authorities it needs to reform. Now it just has to make the reform work.

EXCLUSIVE — Army Moves $$ To Modernization To Cross Valley Of Death

EXCLUSIVE — Army Moves $$ To Modernization To Cross Valley Of Death
EXCLUSIVE — Army Moves $$ To Modernization To Cross Valley Of Death

“’20 and ’21 is where we need to make sure we don’t kind of hit turbulence,” McCarthy said. “The budget deal was great — we had an enormous increase, and we’re grateful for that — but this (sequestration) still looms.”

Army Chief Milley Turns To Industry For Network Overhaul

Army Chief Milley Turns To Industry For Network Overhaul
Army Chief Milley Turns To Industry For Network Overhaul

ARLINGTON: Want to sell information technology to the US Army? Then you need to write this down: Paul.A.Ostrowski.mil@mail.mil. That’s the email of the general seeking industry’s input — historically something of a struggle for the service — as the Army reviews and overhauls its networks. The Army’s long-term goal: a single unified network connecting everything from the…

Army Killed New Carbine Because It Wasn’t Twice As Reliable As Current M4

Army Killed New Carbine Because It Wasn’t Twice As Reliable As Current M4
Army Killed New Carbine Because It Wasn’t Twice As Reliable As Current M4

The Army has half a million M4 carbines, the lightweight version of the Vietnam-vintage M16. So if the service was going to invest in a replacement, it wanted a “leap ahead” that would, among other things, cut in half the number of times the weapon jammed – a criterion the Army has not made clear…