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New Army Memo Narrows Futures Command’s Role, Reasserts ASA (ALT)’s Responsibilities

New Army Memo Narrows Futures Command’s Role, Reasserts ASA (ALT)’s Responsibilities
Secretary of the Army Hon. Christine Wormuth and then Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology), and Army Acquisition Executive Mr. Doug Bush, briefed on capabilities of Army Applications Lab on September 20th, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Photo by Anthony-Matthew Sualog, Army Futures Command.

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth has signed a new directive to more narrowly define Futures Command’s role in a push to reduce ambiguity and reassert the service’s acquisition office as the lead driver for programs of record. The memo, first reported by Breaking Defense, eliminates previous language from earlier guidance that established Futures Command as “leading the modernization enterprise” and reiterates that the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology (ASA(ALT)) office owns both acquisition and oversight of…

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