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Army To Stand Up New Cross-Functional Team Focused On Deep Sensing

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, March 7th, 2024

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Army To Stand Up New Cross-Functional Team Focused On Deep Sensing

On September 28, 2023, Chief of Staff of the Army General Randy A. George spoke to U.S. Africa Command Soldiers at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany. Photo: Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Meaney, U.S. Africa Command

The Army is standing up a new cross-functional team (CFT) focused on deep sensing, the service’s chief of staff said on Thursday. Gen. Randy George, the Army chief, declined to provide further specifics on the new Deep Sensing CFT, while he confirmed Gen. James Rainey, head of Army Futures Command, is set to offer more details at the AUSA Global Force symposium in Huntsville, Ala., later this month. “We want to have a holistic look at what we’re doing in…

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