{"id":16154,"date":"2019-03-26T13:12:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/26\/expanded-army-modernization-strategy-due-out-in-april\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:34:26","slug":"expanded-army-modernization-strategy-due-out-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2019\/03\/26\/expanded-army-modernization-strategy-due-out-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanded Army modernization strategy due out in April"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The U.S. Army is budgeting billions for new equipment over the next decade. But how will it be used? Find out from Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 A complex take on how the Army will operate using next-generation equipment against threats<\/a> is expected in April, the under secretary of the Army told Defense News in an interview just ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last spring, the service published a modernization strategy <\/a>focused on the materiel solutions needed to fight in a complex world, and it stood up a four-star command \u2014 Army Futures Command \u2014 to spearhead efforts to field modern and highly capable weapon systems<\/a>, from new vehicles and helicopters to long-range fire technology and missile defense systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to be as transparent to Congress about the capabilities that we are pursuing, how much we think they would cost and what would [be] the financing plan accordingly,\u201d Ryan McCarthy said in a March 22 interview in his Pentagon office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now the Army is preparing to come out with its \u201c2.0\u201d version, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strategy \u201cis bringing that operating model of how it will change how we fight, together with the materiel; and what you will see is how this will take us down the path and ultimately change the structure of our formations over time,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very complex document.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t