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McConville: Army PEOs, Futures Command’s Modernization Overhaul Efforts To Be ‘Tied Together’

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, August 21st, 2018

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McConville: Army PEOs, Futures Command’s Modernization Overhaul Efforts To Be ‘Tied Together’

Gen. James C. McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army (U.S. Army photo by Monica King/Released)

The vice chief of staff of the Army is looking to the new modernization-focused Futures Command to overhaul the service’s approach to acquiring emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and hypersonics, but said the service will retain its program executive office structure for the time being.Gen. James McConville told attendees at a Tuesday National Defense Industrial Association Event that Futures Command efforts to meet its six modernization priorities won’t immediately be under one command and will be “very tied together” with…

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