FROM THE ARMY


ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE DOUGLAS R . BUSH


OUR SUPERPOWER INNOVATION IS “It’s never a good bet to bet against America.”


—President Joe Biden, State of the Union Address Feb. 7, 2023


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ilitary superiority has always been about innovation. America’s ability to innovate—public and private—is one of our “superpowers” that helped us win the Cold War and will help us outcompete our adversaries today, as long as we take the right approach. Our system of free people, free


enterprise and the rule of law will, over time, vastly outperform any centralized system, like China’s. As a result, I’m confident that as long as we maintain our focus and work closely with our amazingly innovative private companies, researchers, academia and technology entrepreneurs, we will discover and mature the technologies we need to stay ahead of our adversaries.


Innovation today is more important than ever, because the U.S. Army is in the middle of its largest modernization effort in 40 years. To enable this historic effort, we are count- ing on technology innovation that provides truly revolutionary new capabilities, not just marginal improvements on old technology.


As we build this future force, we are keenly focused on the pacing threat of China, the acute threat posed by Russia, as well as persistent threats from North Korea, Iran and violent extremist organizations. China continues to make great investments in artificial intelligence, robotics and cyber research and development. In its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has brought a level of brutality and destruction to the continent of Europe trag- ically on a scale not seen since World War II.


MODERNIZATION GUIDANCE Te secretary of the Army recently provided guidance that distills and refines our prior- ities in order to prepare the Army for the threats we see in Ukraine, but at a far higher


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