Army Futures Command will be the fourth Army Command and will be tasked with driving the Army into the future to achieve clear overmatch in future conflicts. The Army Commands (ACOMs): Army Forces Command: Force provider of the Army- trains, prepares a combat ready, globally responsive Total Army Force of U.S. Mission: To provide the research, engineering, and analytical expertise to deliver capabilities that enable the Army to deter and, when necessary, decisively defeat any adversary now and in the future. The US Army just set up a new command focused on the future of war – and it's located in downtown Austin, Texas. The U.S. Army is hoping its new command will thrive here, in glass-walled rooms filled with 3D printers, half-assembled robotics and designers donning hoodies. United States Army Futures Command (AFC) is a United States Army command aimed at modernizing the Army. It focuses on six priorities: long-range precision fires, next-generation combat vehicle, future vertical lift platforms, a mobile & expeditionary Army network, air & missile defense capabilities,
4 Dec 2018 With the Army's New Futures Command in town, can the Texas capital still 'keep It's the U.S. Army – which selected Austin as home to its new Army Futures The command's headquarters are spread over a few floors at the
It's the U.S. Army – which selected Austin as home to its new Army Futures Command, a unit designed to ensure soldiers are best prepared for the next generation of warfare. Army Futures Command formally started work on July 1 and is using temporary offices in Crystal City, Virginia, near the Pentagon. The Army is looking to lease office space in the new headquarters AUSTIN, Texas — The speed at which the Army Futures Command headquarters plans to set up its operations in downtown Austin should reflect the passion behind the project, Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley, integration management officer for the new command, said Friday during a Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce news conference. The Army Futures Command was stood up in October at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference in Washington. The plan is to realign the Army’s modernization priorities under a new organization that will implement cross-functional teams that correspond with the service’s top six modernization Army Futures Command is being established in part to address concerns about the more than $32 billion the Army has spent since 1995 on programs that it canceled early with little to nothing to show for them.
3 Oct 2019 The establishment of Army Futures Command represents the most significant “ Specifically, the research will address hypersonic and laser
20 Aug 2018 Army Futures Command aims to tap into innovative culture in Austin and offices in Austin, Boston and in the Pentagon, helps the U.S. military 13 Jul 2018 Texas selected for Army Futures Command: Austin is headquarters of to modernize the service and prepare for future wars, U.S. officials said. 16 Aug 2018 Army Futures Command Will Give the Army an Opportunity to last month it selected Austin, Texas, as the location for its headquarters. is the bureaucratic nature of the U.S. military and its inability to operate innovatively.
13 Jul 2018 out to Austin in its bid for the new Army Futures Command, which will employ A bipartisan group of six U.S. senators from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, The headquarters would have been a welcome boost for the city tech
29 Jun 2018 As Raleigh and four other cities wait to hear which of them will become the host of a new U.S. Army headquarters, the service's top civilian is 12 Jun 2018 Raleigh is on the short list for the United States Army Futures Command HQ. North Carolina's competition for the headquarters is Boston, 3 Aug 2018 In order to improve modernization outcomes, the U.S. Army has established a new major command—Army Futures Command (AFC)—with the 24 Apr 2019 Army Futures Command Command Brief Creating a New Culture of The period of U.S. military dominance that followed the end of the Cold War is fading. objectives and meet Army Senior Leader guidance to address mid 13 Jul 2018 After narrowing its search from 15 cities to five, the U.S. Army has officially selected Austin as its headquarters for its Futures Command 24 Aug 2018 The unlikely marriage between the U.S. military and one of the 'Weird' Austin seen as perfect fit for innovative Army Futures Command The headquarters will be located at the University of Texas Systems Building in Austin
24 Apr 2018 Intended to be a 4-star headquarters largely drawn from existing Army commands, AFC was planned to be established in an urban environment
On 13 July 2018, U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper said AFC's headquarters would be based in Austin, Army Futures Command leads a continuous transformation of Army modernization in order to provide future warfighters with the concepts, capabilities and 19 Jul 2019 From what began as a dozen people whom Army leaders said formed a John Murray, left, commander of Army Futures Command, discusses the future A few blocks from the command's headquarters, the Army February 11, 2020 Commander of U.S. Army Futures Command visits Soldier Center.