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Army Rapid Capabilities Director Calls For Speedier Acquisition As ‘New Norm’

Wednesday, March 1st, 2017

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Army Rapid Capabilities Director Calls For Speedier Acquisition As ‘New Norm’

CH-47F Chinook at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. Photo: U.S. Army.

The outgoing chief of the recently established Army Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO), Maj. Gen. Walter Piatt, says swift acquisition of weapons and equipment must become the norm in a future operational environment dominated by technological advancements.“We cannot keep pace with our adversaries,” Piatt said recently at a forum on Army modernization hosted by the Lexington Institute on Capitol Hill. “While we are meeting current demand, our enemies have been modernizing at an alarming rate.”The Pentagon’s current procurement system generally delivers…

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