Gen. Joseph Martin, as he takes on his new role as Army vice chief of staff, says he is ready to be agile and adaptable as the service continues to embark on a major modernization overhaul and reform effort.
Austin is free-thinking, creative and now a burgeoning technology innovation hub, but can its fearlessness to take risk rub off on the Army as it seeks to develop game-changing technology to stay ahead in battlefield capabilities?
The new Army Futures Command is slated for initial operating capability this summer, but acquisition research teams are already down at the unit level to get soldier input on systems that in development.
It’s the beginning of a new era in Army acquisition in which soldiers might not have to wait 10 years or longer to see a new weapon or capability in the field.