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Lawmakers Press Army On Futures Command’s Metrics, Officials Offer Speedy Acquisition Process

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Lawmakers Press Army On Futures Command’s Metrics, Officials Offer Speedy Acquisition Process
Gen. Mike Murray, commander of Army Futures Command, and Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark A. Milley unfurl the Army Futures Command flag during a ceremony, Aug. 24, 2018, in Austin, Texas. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brandy N. Mejia)

Senior Army officials during a Thursday House hearing said Futures Command’s success will be based on reducing the requirements for new capabilities down to 12 months and delivering next-generation platforms to soldiers in the battlefield within the next two years.Lawmakers on the House Armed Services’ readiness subcommittee pressed Gen. John “Mike” Murray, head of Futures Command, and Under Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy on the metrics the command will need to meet to ensure the new modernization effort doesn’t…

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