Army Readiness Means a Focus on Equipment Sustainment
October 26, 2017
By Kimberly Underwood
Falling short on sustainment levels, CECOM aims to tighten the reigns to achieve readiness.
The Army’s road to readiness runs through Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) and the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, in the opinion of Maj. Gen. Randy Taylor, CECOM’s commanding general. The advantages of the command—aside from the beautiful 144 miles of shoreline on the Chesapeake Bay in Aberdeen, Maryland, and the 400 American bald eagles that also live there— is that it may be the one place in the military where research and development in science and technology; technology development; testing; acquisition; fielding; and sustainment are all at one installation. The life cycle of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) is managed at APG, the general explained to the MILCOM lunchtime audience on October 25 in Baltimore.
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