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Esper: Army Will Kill Old Programs To Fund Big Six Modernization Priorities

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Esper: Army Will Kill Old Programs To Fund Big Six Modernization Priorities
Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark Esper gives opening remarks at the Association of the U.S. Army Global Force Symposium 2018 in Huntsville, Alabama, Mar. 26, 2018. Hundreds of Soldiers, Army civilians, academia and industry partners attended the event.

Senior Army leaders are now meeting monthly to review major acquisition programs and prioritize them, a new policy which likely will result in wholesale program cancellations so their funding can be redirected to the service’ six modernization priorities.Army Secretary Mark Esper said he, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and other senior leaders meet to review the major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs) monthly, an undertaking generally done annually. They are looking for efficiencies and unnecessary or redundant programs that can…

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