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Esper: Futures Command To Cost $80 Million – $100 Million Per Year, Oversee $30 Billion Modernization Portfolio

Esper: Futures Command To Cost $80 Million – $100 Million Per Year, Oversee $30 Billion Modernization Portfolio
Secretary of the Army Mark T. Esper.

The Army’s new Futures Command will operate on an annual budget of $80 million to $100 million needed to handle the service’s approximately $30 billion to $50 billion modernization portfolio, the Secretary of the Army said Wednesday.Mark Esper, the service’s senior civilian official, told reporters he is working with Army leadership to start shifting funds towards Future Command’s top modernization priorities needed to start delivering advanced capabilities, such as long-range precision fires and next-generation combat vehicles, within the next few…

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