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Fanning Says More Work Needed To Bring Army, Commercial Sector Together

Fanning Says More Work Needed To Bring Army, Commercial Sector Together
Eric K. Fanning, Secretary of the Army. (U.S. Army photo by Alfredo Barraza/Released)

During his short time as Army Secretary, Eric Fanning has established closer ties with the commercial technology sector but will likely leave the bridges he built since confirmation in May unfinished.“There is more work to be done” Fanning said Thursday at the Defense One conference in Washington, D.C.Fanning in August initiated the launch of the Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO), which will seek commercially available solutions to the Army’s most pressing equipment needs, purchase and field them within one to five…

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