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US Army Secretary nominee defends modernisation portfolio
by Ashley Roque
Christine Wormuth, the Biden administration’s nominee to be the next US Secretary of the Army, vowed to lawmakers that in the role she will push forward with the service’s weapons modernisation portfolio while also examining ways to ease tensions between the Army Futures Command (AFC) and the larger acquisition office.
On 13 May Wormuth appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee to field questions about how she would approach the role as the army’s top civilian. If confirmed by the Senate, Wormuth would be the first woman to hold the post. She has also worked inside the Pentagon as the undersecretary of defense for policy under for the Obama administration. Drawing on her experience inside the building as well as in the research world, she discussed how she would execute the role at a time when the service is undergoing a transformation and facing budget cuts.
In this Q&A with Stephanie C. Hill, Lockheed Martin’s executive vice president for Rotary and Mission Systems, we discuss how AI/ML, open systems, and edge computing enable JADO.
Breaking Defense: How can the aerospace and defense industry help solve the services’ Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO) and joint command and control challenges?
Hill: Gen. John Murray, commanding general for Army Futures Command recently said, “Start with a problem, don’t start with a solution and allow people to be innovative.” I agree wholeheartedly and know our industry can help the military services advance JADO in several ways. First, we are always listening to our customers and need to stay completely in sync so we understand those challenges. Then, through experimentation we can find new, better ways to solve those challenges together without having to go through a lengthy acquisition process.
White House’s slate of nominees would put familiar faces back in the Pentagon 5 days ago Clockwise: Heidi Shyu, Michael Brown, Christine Wormuth and Frank Kendall. (Spc. Isaac Adams/U.S. Army; U.S. Defense Department; Gabriella Demczuk/Getty Images; Tom Pennington/Getty Images) WASHINGTON After three months of silence on who would make up his administration’s top Pentagon leaders, President Joe Biden announced the names of 17 potential officials in April. Of those, four will be critical in deciding how the Pentagon will modernize and how it will transition to focus on China in an era of relatively constrained spending.