Ryan McCarthy

The $750 billion defense budget request for 2020 asked Congress for almost $104 billion for its research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) fund.

The Army still doesn’t have a quantitative way to measure if Futures Command will work.

The Army’s new Futures Command is on its way to becoming reality, just as the service prepares for 2020.

The Army is starting a limited user test for its Credentialing Assistance Program to encompass 1,500 soldiers.

Army lays out broad concepts for a new command that will overhaul its acquisition bureaucracy, says it will announce its leader and location in the coming weeks.

The Army thinks keeping science and acquisition close will make better informed investments.

The Army is making its number one priority long range precision fires with 10x capability.

The Army has its eyes set on closing the gap between technology life cycles and acquisition cycles.

The Air Force is creating a blanket charter based on its RCO that will help acquisition programs move faster.

The Army has launched a four-month project to create a new “modernization command,” and plans to have it fully functional by next summer.