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Army Needs New Cyber, Hypersonics Technologies To Meet ‘Changing Character Of War,’ Milley Says

Army Needs New Cyber, Hypersonics Technologies To Meet ‘Changing Character Of War,’ Milley Says
Gen. Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill)

The Army chief of staff wants to see an industry push on critical cyber and hypersonics technologies to surpass near-peer adversaries race toward emerging capabilities he described as “changing the character of war.”Gen. Mark Milley, chief of staff, told attendees at a Thursday event on national security that the push towards establishing a Futures Command and an embrace of new acquisition strategies to better facilitate research and development will be necessary to meet the Army’s modernization priorities.“Today, we are living…

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