Service Secretaries Say New Weapon Systems Must be More Interoperable Among Branches
By: Ben Werner
February 8, 2019 6:33 PM
on Jan. 7, 2019. US Navy Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Remaining ahead of adversary capabilities means investing now in multi-domain and interoperable weapons systems, says the military department secretaries.
The Fiscal Year 2020 budget request, due for release within the next few weeks, is expected to provide only modest funding increase keeping pace with maintaining the cost of current military programs and operations. Against this financial backdrop, the Navy, Army and Air Force are working together to maximize lethality and agility while saving cost to taxpayers, the three service branch secretaries said during a panel discussion Friday morning at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“We’re looking at how the Navy fights and how the Navy fights with the Army and the Air Force,†Richard V. Spencer, secretary of the Navy, said during the discussion.
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