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Plant S&T Seeds Now To Harvest Capability For Army 2025, Army Acquisition Official Says

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Friday, February 21st, 2014

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Plant S&T Seeds Now To Harvest Capability For Army 2025, Army Acquisition Official Says

Heidi Shyu served as the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA ALT) from 2011 to 2016. Photo: U.S. Army

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—As conflict winds down, now is the time to invest in the science and technologies that will produce the capabilities the Army of 2025 will require, according to the service's acquisition chief. “We have to plant seeds now to secure the Army of the future,” Heidi Shyu, assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology and Army acquisition Executive told the Association of the United States Army Winter Symposium and Exhibition here Feb. 19. This has historic…

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