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No Plans To Downgrade Army Futures Command Following Recent Memo, Wormuth Says

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No Plans To Downgrade Army Futures Command Following Recent Memo, Wormuth Says
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 told lawmakers Tuesday that Futures Command will remain a four-star command and there are no plans to downgrade the modernization-focused organization in the wake of a recent memo that more narrowly defined its role.  During a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing, Wormuth acknowledged there “have been some ambiguities” in previous directives related to the relationships between Army Futures Command (AFC) and the service’s acquisition office, reiterating her new memo was aimed at clarifying each entity’s responsibilities.…

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