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Army Chief: ‘Optimistic’ On Push For Flexible Funding Authority, Needed To Scale New Tech

Army Chief: ‘Optimistic’ On Push For Flexible Funding Authority, Needed To Scale New Tech
Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Randy George, visits the Joint Multinational Readiness Center to talk with Soldiers participating in exercise Combined Resolve (CbR) 25-1 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 6, 2025. During CbR 25-1, the U.S. Army is implementing its Transforming In Contact initiative, utilizing new technologies and systems designed to enhance its war fighting readiness and ability to respond to crisis or conflict. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Thomas Dixon)

The Army’s top uniformed official has said he has received “good feedback” from lawmakers on the service’s push for more flexible funding authority, which he cited as critical to fielding promising new technologies across the force.  “[Without that authority], what that will prevent us from doing is scaling like we need to do. That’s what we’re looking for with that flexible funding,” Gen. Randy George, the Army chief of staff, told reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday. “I would say…

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