National Defense:
The bulk of the Army’s science and technology investments over the next five years are slated to support its “big six” modernization priorities, as the service aims to acquire new high-tech equipment in preparation for potential conflicts with peer competitors.
“We’re going through a lot of change,” Michael Holthe, director of lethality in the office of the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for research and technology, said recently at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Armament Systems Forum in Indianapolis. “We’re definitely pivoting in the Army S&T enterprise.”
The service’s top capability priorities are: long-range precision fires, next-generation combat vehicle, future vertical lift family of helicopters, air-and-missile defense, soldier lethality and the network.
