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Army Selects Six Companies To Work On Autonomous Artillery Resupply Concepts

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, January 27th, 2020

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Army Selects Six Companies To Work On Autonomous Artillery Resupply Concepts

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The Army has selected six companies to participate in a new cohort to find field artillery autonomous resupply (FAAR) technologies, with the chance for each to pitch their concepts to officials at the end of the 12-week program in April. The FAAR cohort is part of the new Army Capability Accelerator approach to help bring in more non-traditional partners on applied research projects as Futures Command looks for emerging technologies that can be applied to major weapon systems programs. “Sourced…

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