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TRADOC Chief: Army Acquisition System Ill Suited For Acquiring Necessary Future Capabilities

TRADOC Chief: Army Acquisition System Ill Suited For Acquiring Necessary Future Capabilities
Gen. David Perkins Commander Army Training and Doctrine Command Photo: TRADOC

The Army identified six capability sets it will need to fight future conflicts, but neither its acquisition system, nor its program management structure, is designed to deliver those technologies, according to Gen. David Perkins, chief of Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).Instead of tanks, helicopters and artillery, the Army must distance itself from buying “things” to fight wars and, instead, invest in capabilities that can deliver long-term technological superiority, Perkins said Monday during TRADOC’s Mad Scientist Conference at Georgetown University…

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