Army Futures Command Welcome and Overview
LTG Thomas Todd, Army Future Command’s chief innovation officer, shares more about the work his team performs behind the scenes, its focus areas for the future, and how Army Futures Command sees the partnership between the Army and industry evolving.
What you’ll find out
- Who is Army Futures Command (03:08)
- An overview of Army modernization priorities (06:25)
- Areas of research that we have problems in that need to be solved or addressed (07:12)
- A discussion and explanation of Army Future Command’s goal at large, and what LTG Thomas Todd hopes for the future (08:38)
- How you can get involved in business with AFC (20:40)
Key quotes
- “We have a very large mission at Army Futures Command and ultimately that is to create soldier-centered designs that ultimately make a difference in a much faster turn time than we ever have before.” (01:52)
- “We MUST deploy technology at the rate of innovation. We must — we can’t afford not to.” (08:45)
- “This idea that we live in a linear progression of development is over. It’s over — the idea that conflict with adversaries occurs in a phased approach is over. It’s occurring right now.” (09:26)
- “So what we plan to do at Army Futures Command is hopefully be a disruptor a little bit inside the Army, it’s hence the reason our leadership put us here in Austin — we really wanted to be at a tech hub that had a great future, not only a great current but a great future. And at the end of the day, you know probably give the army some headaches on some things that really they need to consider — matter of fact they must consider.” (12:18)
- “We’re not in the business of ‘nice to have.’ We’re not in the business of ‘I sure think it would be nice to do.’ We’re in the business of ‘what could we do for soldiers who are in combat.” (17:36)
Who you’ll hear from
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