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Army’s Lead Weapons Buyer Lays Out Ambitious Modernization Plan That Won’t Happen Without More Funding

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Army’s Lead Weapons Buyer Lays Out Ambitious Modernization Plan That Won’t Happen Without More Funding
During Network Integration Evaluation 16.2 at the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division's Main Tactical Operations Center, Steffanie Easter, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, shares her reaction to the systems being evaluated with her Executive Officer, Lt. Col. Gregory Fortier, at Fort Bliss, Texas.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – In her first major speech before the Association of the U.S. Army, acting chief weapons buyer Steffanie Easter laid out an ambitious list of technologies the service needs for future war, but cautioned that they are out of reach without consistent funding.“While the list of initiatives that we are pursuing to equip our soldiers for the multi-domain battle is long and even more extensive than what I’ve outlined, we also are challenged by a fiscal environment that…

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