Raj Iyer, chief information officer of the U.S. Army and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said he plans to create a council that will advise the Army on digital decision-making. He added that decentralizing IT spending across the Army leads to overspending by $2 billion annually. The governance body will directly report to the Army’s vice chief of staff and undersecretary.
Read More »Army Fuses Europe, Africa Forces Into Single Command; Ryan McCarthy Quoted
The U.S. Army has combined its forces assigned in Europe and Africa into a single command to be led by Gen. Christopher Cavoli. The service branch's consolidated Army Europe and Africa command (USAREUR-AF) will support regional and global readiness in alignment with the National Defense Strategy, said Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the Army and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient.
Read More »Ryan McCarthy: Army Seeks to Free Up $10B More Through ‘Night Court’ in 2022
Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the U.S. Army and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the service intends to find $10 billion more in savings in 2022 through a “night court” process as it seeks to free up funds for modernization priorities and expects to make harder decisions in 2023.
Read More »Ryan McCarthy: Army Eyes Budget Realignment Following COVID-19 Efforts
Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the U.S. Army and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, has said that the service branch is working to realign its budget priorities to relieve debt related to COVID-19 response. He said that future budget requests will cover reappropriated funds for the Army’s modernization programs.
Read More »Ryan McCarthy: Army Seeks ‘Transformational Change’ With Project Convergence Network Experiment
Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the U.S. Army and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said he hopes the results of the service branch’s recent “Project Convergence” experiment will inform future network modernization efforts.
Read More »U.S., U.K. Armies Sign Agreement for Technological Cooperation; Ryan McCarthy Quoted
The U.S. and U.K. governments have agreed to support each other's ground forces through the development of technologies that address common challenges. The partnership will focus on efforts to develop digital infrastructure, long-range precision fire, soldier lethality, future vertical lift and positioning, navigation and timing technologies.
Read More »Mark Esper Eyes Phased Approach to Reopening Pentagon
Mark Esper, defense secretary and 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the Department of Defense is planning to facilitate a phased reopening of government operations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Defense One reported Monday.
Read More »Army, Industry Work to Meet Tech Modernization Program Schedules
U.S. Army officials have said the service branch aims to deliver updated technology platforms to the warfighter on schedule despite supply chain and safety factors that have affected some of its modernization programs during the COVID-19 crisis, the Army News Service reported Friday.
Read More »Ryan McCarthy: Army Needs Topline Growth of 3% to 5% in Future Budgets
Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the U.S. Army and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the military branch is on its way to a “collision course” if it fails to get a topline growth of 3 to 5 percent in its future budgets, Defense News reported Wednesday.
Read More »Ryan McCarthy Talks DoD Hypersonic Defense, Supply Chain Needs
Army Secretary and 2020 Wash100 winner Ryan McCarthy has said the Department of Defense needs to establish a low-Earth orbit defense infrastructure and joint command-and-control system to effectively counter hypersonic threats, Defense.gov reported Friday.
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