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Army S&T Critical For Soldiers Now And In the Future

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Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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By Ann Roosevelt FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.--The past decade has shown how important technology is for soldiers, and Army science and technology (S&T) is working to meet the challenge of moving technology to the field to provide better, smarter tools, the service's technology chief said. Army S&T strategy is "being smart about investing in tech and fundamental science that will make a difference to our Army," Tom Killian, deputy secretary of the Army for Research, Technology/Chief Scientist, said at the Association…

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