Lieutenant General Eric Wesley, Deputy Commanding General of Army Futures Command and Director of the Army's Futures and Concepts Center, will discuss the Army's modernization strategy and how Army Futures command will integrate daily with entrepreneurs, scientists and businesses to employ an entrepreneurial spirit of accepting the risk of failure early and cheaply in order to create the best solution for our Soldiers. Army Futures command is being built to assess the future operational environment, emerging threats and new technologies in order to develop and deliver concepts, requirements, future force designs and modern materiel solutions to meet our Soldiers’ wartime needs. Army Futures Command will enhance efficiency and effectiveness in delivering the technology necessary for maintaining the Army’s competitive advantage against any adversary.

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