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At Live Exercises Marines Seek New Ways Of Testing, Fielding Tech Faster

At Live Exercises Marines Seek New Ways Of Testing, Fielding Tech Faster
Maj. Gen. Gregg Olson, a representative of Marine Corps Headquarters Office of Programs and Resources; (L-R) John Burrow, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development, test and evaluation, Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, deputy commandant for combat development and integration and Brig. Gen Julian Alford, vice chief of naval research and commander of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, speak to reporters at the ANTX exercise at Camp Pendleton on April 26, 2017.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – For two weeks in April, the 17 miles of undeveloped beachfront the Marine Corps maintains here became a “sandbox” in which weapon makers, operators and engineers could play in an effort to fundamentally change the way the service buys gear.The brainchild of Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration, the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) was designed so the Marine Corps could propose operational needs to industry and then rapidly prototype and…

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