{"id":14962,"date":"2019-02-01T21:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T21:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/01\/why-the-army-wanted-a-combat-capabilities-development-command\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:53:34","slug":"why-the-army-wanted-a-combat-capabilities-development-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2019\/02\/01\/why-the-army-wanted-a-combat-capabilities-development-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Army wanted a Combat Capabilities Development Command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Army wants to better understand the emerging technology scene and learn how to purchase the right equipment to stay ahead of nations such as Russia and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One way it plans to do that is by renaming its Research, Development and Engineering Command, responsible for providing innovative research to give the Army a competitive edge, to Combat Capabilities Development Command. In a formal ceremony Jan. 30, the Army also moved the organization\u2019s authority from Material Command to Futures Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command is an essential, if not, [in] my opinion, the most essential organization within this new framework,\u201d Gen. Gus Perna, commander of Materiel Command, said during the Jan. 30 transfer of authority ceremony at Aberdeen Proving Ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army decided to move its primary research and development command to Futures Command because, for the first time in 40 years, it risks not being able to technologically overwhelm an opponent, Perna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army created Futures Command, to focus exclusively on those abilities the service will need in the long run, and not the near term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere can be no persistent overmatch without constant modernization and there could be no real modernization without quality research and development,\u201d he said. \u201cThe world class scientists and engineers, technicians and support staff of this organization are some of the most talented and respected professionals in their field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gen. John \u201cMike\u201d Murray, the head of Futures Command, told reporters following the ceremony that having these professional scientists and engineers under his purview will be \u201cabsolutely instrumental\u201d to what the command wants to accomplish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army had begun to take steps in this direction by placing staffers from its research and development community with the requirements community as a way to improve development on new Army platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\t