AUSA: As the Army puts scores of cutting-edge technologies and capabilities through the ringer at its Project Convergence experiment the deserts of Arizona over the next four weeks, top Army officials are watching closely to see what survives and to get it into the hands of soldiers “as quickly as possible.” “If it works, we’re going to transition quickly,” Lt. Gen. James Richardson, deputy commander of Army Futures Command and Project Convergence director, told the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) conference. To do so, Richardson said the Army has greased the acquisition wheels in order to bridge the “valley of death,” where many a promising project has met its end. Among the steps taken, before the Project Convergence started in Arizona started this week, Richardson said the Army ensured that advanced capabilities tested at the experiment were already connected with programs of record at acquisition offices across the service, pav
US Army Prepares for Possible Global Land Conflict with China
The classic assumptions surrounding a possible war between the United States and China focus on regional naval battles in the Taiwan Strait or the South China Sea, but U.S. Army Major General Richard Coffman recently stated that Americans must be and are already preparing for a worldwide ground conflict with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
The development of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) under his leadership is one technology and piece of equipment being prepared for such a conflict.
Chinese General Xu Qiliang, vice chairman of the Communist Party’s Central Military Commission and second-in-command besides Xi Jinping, called for increased military spending in early March, in part because he judged that a military conflict between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the United States was inevitable. It was the first time such a statement was made publicly at the highest level of the PLA.