Inside the Army’s breakneck mission to get tech to the frontlines
Previously, it could take 12-18 months to get into a range.Advertisement Now, defense companies looking to use a U.S. military range for testing can go to testrange.army.mil, and there will be a team of concierges ready to help them get scheduled. Notably, companies do not have a military contract to request time.“This is a different way of doing this,” Driscoll told reporters. Each facility has its own specialties for testing.Advertisement“It is, as of this exact moment in time, we will not miss the 30-day goal,” Driscoll said.
- ▪Previously, it could take 12-18 months to get into a range.Advertisement Now, defense companies looking to use a U.S. military range for testing can go to testrange.army.mil, and there will be a team of concierges ready to help them get sch
- ▪Notably, companies do not have a military contract to request time.“This is a different way of doing this,” Driscoll told reporters.
- ▪Each facility has its own specialties for testing.Advertisement“It is, as of this exact moment in time, we will not miss the 30-day goal,” Driscoll said.
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Dan Driscoll, the former venture capitalist who is serving as Army secretary, is overseeing a massive effort to get the newest and latest technology into the hands of soldiers, shredding the bureaucracies that have long extended and complicated the process.The effort is a part of the department’s mission to increase the production and capacity of the defense industrial base, both in response to the autonomous and artificial intelligence revolutions as well as the realities of current U.S. stockpiles of critical munitions and reduced readiness to the heavy tempo of operations under the Trump administration.
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