fiscal


constraint


and budget pressure,”


Shyu said at the AUSA Winter Sympo- sium. “We’re leveraging this period to make the best investments possible, plant- ing the seeds that will secure the Army of the future. … Our goal is to provide our Soldiers the best capability possible. Tey deserve nothing less.”


Tat means clearly and cogently bal- ancing existing capabilities, identifying operational gaps, and pursuing afford- able solutions that recognize the evolving threat, the operational environment and ease of maintenance and sustainment. Perhaps more than ever, it also means understanding what S&T can bring to Army capabilities—a “focus on the development of next-generation break- through technologies that define the Army of the future,” as Shyu described it in Huntsville.


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It also means that ASA(ALT) is planning in closer collaboration with TRADOC, AMC and the entire S&T enterprise.


Speaking at the symposium, GEN Dennis L. Via, AMC commanding general (CG), said that diminishing fiscal resources and growing threats drive three priorities for AMC: “We must continue to modernize our equipment; we must continue to sustain the force of today; and we must continue to develop capabilities and technologies that will give our Soldiers the decisive advan- tage to meet—and defeat—any potential future enemies.”


Via highlighted several of the leap-ahead technologies that AMC’s Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) is working on to unbur- den, protect, empower and sustain the joint warfighter.


“Working in partnership with industry and academia, along with a sustained


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LTC Marc Staats, right, Army Field Support Battalion – Kuwait (AFSBn-Kuwait) commander, briefs Shyu; Via, left; and other guests during a March 16 tour of the battalion’s retrograde operations. The two Army leaders and their organizations are making a concerted effort to coordinate modernization and sustainment efforts. (Photo by 1LT Ryan Seidner, AFSBn-Kuwait)


level of resourcing, I’m confident we can maintain the technological edge that will produce the next generation in vertical lift, ground vehicle, night vision advancement and overmatch capabilities in our next weapon systems, all while protecting and preserving what our Army has worked so hard to achieve over the past decade,” Via said.


A Soldier demonstrated the Hel- met Electronics and Display System – Upgradeable Protection (HEADS- UP), which provides mounted and dismounted troops with a more fully integrated headgear system featuring new technologies that include improved ballistic


materials; non-ballistic impact liner materials and designs;


“WHERE DO WE INVEST TO ENSURE THAT TODAY’S FIFTH-GRADER, WHO IN THE DECADE OF 2030-2040 WILL BE A BATTALION COMMANDER, WILL HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO ADAPT ONCE THE NATION COMMITS THE ARMY?”


ACQUISITION


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