Evolutionary Revolution: Esper’s Army Modernization Philosophy
The Army Chief of Staff wants revolutionary new weapons. The Army Secretary wants affordable technology fast. How can they reconcile these opposites?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on May 16, 2018 at 5:53 PM
WASHINGTON: The Army Chief of Staff wants revolutionary new weapons. The Army Secretary wants affordable technology fast. How can they reconcile these opposites? By building systems with off-the-shelf tech but leaving room to upgrade them with radically new tech when it’s ready, Secretary Esper said today. Call it evolutionary revolution.
Sec. Esper, a former Army Ranger and Trump appointee, wasn’t rebuking Gen. Mark Milley, a career soldier named Chief of Staff under Obama. The two men are in lockstep on the Army’s Big Six modernization priorities — “the Chief and I, we’ve sworn a blood oath not to change them,†Esper told reporters — and the need for a new Army Futures Command to streamline the service’s troubled acquisition system.
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/05/evolutionary-revolution-sec-espers-army-modernization-philosophy/
