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Extended CR Would Affect Army’s Major Weapons Development, Engagement With Small Business

Extended CR Would Affect Army’s Major Weapons Development, Engagement With Small Business
Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, lead official for Army hypersonics, Dr. Bruce Jette, the Army's top acqusition official and Gen. Mike Murray, head of Army Futures Command, brief reporters at the 2019 AUSA conference. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

Top Army officials leading the service’s modernization push said Wednesday operating under an extended continuing resolution into 2020 could alter the timeline of major programs, such as hypersonic weapon development, and hinder efforts to improve outreach with small business. Leadership from the Army’s acquisition office and Futures Command told reporters at the Association of the United States Army conference in Washington the effects of the current short-term CR can likely be mitigated while urging a budget deal to avoid potentially…

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