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Beginning in June, the Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center implemented a significant reorganization to enhance their core competencies and improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency.

The reorganization was necessary to align the Technical Center to take full advantage of Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory authorities. These authorities allow direct investment in laboratory facilities and workforce development.

“This will have a tremendous impact for our engineers and scientists because it allows them to intensify their focus on in-house research,” said Thomas E. Webber, Technical Center director. “By investing in new labs and equipment, we are enabling our government engineers and scientists to develop and enhance their knowledge and expertise in our core competencies of space, directed energy, hypersonic, and test and evaluation. We are giving our engineers and scientists the facilities, equipment, resourcing, and freedom to develop next-generation technologies for our warfighters.”

Webber said that the reorganization will reap great benefits for the Technical Center and command, but it will also provide the perfect setting to develop and grow technical talent for the Army…

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