Modernization Teams Make ‘Huge Difference’
Friday, July 20, 2018
The cross-functional teams in charge of Army modernization “have made a huge difference†in the way the Army does business, slashing a bureaucratic system that kept needed equipment from reaching soldiers quickly, the Army’s acquisition, logistics and technology chief says.
“In the past, our lethargic bureaucratic process, the way we wrote requirements, were in a vacuum. They were not informed requirements,†Lt. Gen. Paul A. Ostrowski, principal military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology and director of the Army Acquisition Corps, said at a breakfast forum hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army’s Institute of Land Warfare. The process took a minimum of two years. “We know we can’t do that anymore. Technology is advancing too fast.â€
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