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Army looks 30 years into future on acquisition, modernization

The service's new acquisition strategy tries to imagine the Army's needs over the next three decades as the focus shifts away from large counterinsurgency and stability operations.

Tags: DoD , Army , Rapid acquisition , acquisition , industry , Heidi Shyu , James Barclay

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Army to test, fix communications tech at home, not abroad

The service wants to put certain software and hardware in a real-world environment to see how it would perform in conditions similar to those in combat. The process also will influence how the Army buys technology in the future.

Tags: technology , DoD , contracting , Susan Lawrence , Peter Chiarelli , Army , mobile computing , smartphones , test and evaluation , Peter Buxbaum

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