{"id":61187,"date":"2018-04-18T16:44:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/18\/where-will-us-army-futures-command-go-lawmakers-are-lobbying-to-host-it\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:33:58","slug":"where-will-us-army-futures-command-go-lawmakers-are-lobbying-to-host-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/04\/18\/where-will-us-army-futures-command-go-lawmakers-are-lobbying-to-host-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Where will US Army Futures Command go? 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Anthony Brown, a former lieutenant governor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn light of Maryland\u2019s ranking as a top region for innovation and technology development, the talent technology-focused workforce and top-tier academic institutions in our state,\u201d the latter letter reads, \u201cwe greatly appreciate your consideration of Maryland as a future siting of Army Futures Command.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maryland is home to more than 9,000 aerospace and defense contractors as well as 150,000 military and civilian employees; it also hosts Army Research, Test, Development and Engineering Command, along with Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Meade and their cyberspace and innovation-focused tenant commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army officials have said they intend for the command to be based in a city and have a four-star commander, both to be named when the command reaches initial operational capability this summer. They plan to whittle down the list of cities under consideration from 30 to 10 and then four finalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the cities said to be in the mix: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/03\/18\/world\/asia\/us-army-futures-command-technology.html\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle; San Francisco; Boston<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/times-herald.com\/news\/2018\/03\/futures-command-in-atlanta-could-boost-coweta-economy\">Atlanta<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waaytv.com\/content\/news\/Huntsville-likely-epicenter-for-Army-Futures-Command-announcement-477878013.html\">Huntsville, Alabama<\/a>; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansas.com\/news\/business\/article205492374.html\">Wichita, Kansas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, lawmakers representing Illinois, home to the Army\u2019s Rock Island Arsenal, <a href=\"http:\/\/qctimes.com\/news\/local\/new-role-for-the-rock-island-arsenal-new-army-futures\/article_cb3217df-4d29-5829-8ba8-4ca66ab3e140.html\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly<\/a> hosted the Senate\u2019s No. 2 Democrat, Dick Durbin. And Rep. Cheri Bustos hosted a tour for Army Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalnow.com\/news\/state_region\/n-c-expected-to-be-finalist-for-army-futures-command\/article_a8876c09-ffd4-57d4-8f8a-7b2b7280fc2c.html\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Winston-Salem Journal<\/a> he expected Raleigh to be a finalist for the command. The city is a 90-minute drive from Fort Bragg and close to several major universities and Research Triangle Park, where the Army has a research lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Jen Judson, in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. lawmakers from all over the country are lobbying the Army to locate its new Futures Command near them, eyeing a potential economic boon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":69692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":8,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"2":{"categories":["pentagon-congress","news"],"primary_category":"pentagon-congress"},"5":{"categories":["pentagon-congress","news","daily-news-roundup","newsletters"],"primary_category":"pentagon-congress"}}},"categories":[8,160,14,36],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3446],"class_list":["post-61187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-congress","category-daily-news-roundup","category-land","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"RXNJ3IMXR5CDVGOWDW5RFSHEGU","arc_canonical_url":"\/congress\/2018\/04\/18\/where-will-us-army-futures-command-go-lawmakers-are-lobbying-to-host-it\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Where will US Army Futures Command go? 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