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Rainey Says No Project Convergence Capstone In ‘23, Sets Futures Command’s Focus On ‘Army Of 2040’

Rainey Says No Project Convergence Capstone In ‘23, Sets Futures Command’s Focus On ‘Army Of 2040’
Gen James E. Rainey accepts the position of Commanding General for Army Futures Command on October 4th, 2022 in Austin, TX (US Army Photo by Patrick Hunter)

The Army will not hold a capstone demonstration for its ongoing Project Convergence (PC) experimentation campaign this year, with the next event slated for spring 2024 at the earliest. Gen. James Rainey, head of Army Futures Command (AFC), confirmed the update on Monday at an event where he also detailed AFC’s shift in focus to designing “the Army of 2040.” “I have shifted the main effort of AFC to 2040. We got to get out further,” Rainey told attendees at…

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