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Army

Army Needs More Mobility In Future Weapon Systems, Odierno Says

Pat Host

Friday, September 19th, 2014

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Army Needs More Mobility In Future Weapon Systems, Odierno Says

The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is a major Army and Marine Corps program. Photo: Lockheed Martin

The Army needs more mobility and less survivability in its future weapon systems as its current composition of mobility, survivability and lethality is out of balance, the service’s top officer said Friday. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said the Army is hoping new technologies will emerge that will allow the service 10 to 15 years from now to regain that proper mix of mobility, survivability and lethality. “(We don’t) have any groundbreaking technologies that I see right now…

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