# Army Accelerates Modernization Priorities

Congressman Rob Wittman’s article outlines Army modernization priorities across unmanned systems, counter-UAS, command and control, installation energy resilience, and equipment sustainment. It points contractors toward demand for rapid prototyping and fielding, open-architecture systems, flexible acquisition and funding pathways, digital-twin test and evaluation, and plans to transition successful prototypes into production. The signal identifies efforts including Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2), the Drone Dominance Program, and Joint Interagency Task Force 401’s counter-drone work, but announces no specific solicitation, award, contract value, or deadline.

- Companies should align offerings with rapid prototyping and fielding, open architectures, and test-and-evaluation capabilities, while showing how prototypes can move into production.
- NGC2 and the Drone Dominance Program point to areas of Army activity in command-and-control modernization and small unmanned aerial systems; JIATF-401 is identified as a counter-drone test, evaluation, and procurement hub.
- The article also highlights installation energy resilience and equipment sustainment, indicating modernization priorities extend beyond new operational technology to readiness and infrastructure support.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Defense & Military, Information Technology
**Topics:** Digital Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** October 21, 2026

### Government Entities
- United States Army (U.S. Army)
- Department of Defense (DoD)
- Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401)
- U.S. Congress (Congress)

### Sources
- [Moving the Army at the speed of relevance | Congressman Rob Wittman](https://wittman.house.gov/newsroom/opinion-pieces-by-rob/moving-the-army-at-the-speed-of-relevance) - Wittman