Time Is Already Running Out On The U.S. Army’s Long-Delayed Modernization Surge (From Forbes)

The U.S. Army is missing the opportunity that President Trump’s election has provided to thoroughly modernize its combat systems.  Rather than moving out quickly to accelerate the procurement of new weapons already in the pipeline, it is frittering away time reorganizing and transforming its business practices.  By the time the Army gets around to bending metal in a big way, the Trump defense buildup will be over and another modernization opportunity will have been lost.  I have written a commentary for Forbes here.