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Army Vice Chief Eyes Flexible Funding For Any Tech Improving Faster Than Budget Cycle

Army Vice Chief Eyes Flexible Funding For Any Tech Improving Faster Than Budget Cycle
U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus leads a discussion during Project Convergence - Capstone 4 at Camp Pendleton, Calif. on Feb. 28 (U.S. Army Photo)

As the Army seeks new flexible funding authority for capabilities such as drones and electronic warfare, a senior Army official said Tuesday the strategy should eventually cover all technology that advances faster than the standard budget cycle. Gen. James Mingus, the Army vice chief of staff, cited the push for budget line item consolidation as a “big component” of the ability to more rapidly adopt emerging technology and capability upgrades. “Between how we write our requirements [and] how we do…

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