What Happened
New Guiding Document Aims To Address Soldier Needs
The US Army is preparing a broad outline of intelligence-related problems that soldiers face, with the goal of asking private industry to develop new tools to solve them. The so-called characteristics of need document is already under review by senior Army leaders, with a decision anticipated soon. This approach has been successful in the past, with previous documents leading to a wider range of solutions from industry. The Army plans to continue using this approach for its entire portfolio, with the next document focused on training and simulation. This was reported by Breaking Defense.