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Congressional behavior, midterm elections, new technologies and rising startup companies are likely to drive change in the 2020s.

As budget experts caution the Army will see reduced or at best flat budgets in the coming years, service officials are readying for a more difficult look at how to cut costs to preserve modernization momentum. This could mean making harder decisions about the future of its inventory or making cuts to reduce readiness or end strength.

Having failed to achieve desired lethal effects on a maritime target, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps had to delay fielding of the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile. But now a full-rate production decision is expected in the summer of 2022, according to Maj. Gen. Robert Rasch, the Army's program executive officer for missiles and space.

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See the newest tech and hear from leadership in this special episode of Defense News Weekly covers the Association of the U.S. Army conference.

Five companies are competing to win the optionally-manned fighting vehicle contract. Defense News Weekly's Jen Judson rounds up the contenders.

GM Defense's ISV is electric and can power the vehicle, as well as drones and sensors.

The service remains on pace to field an offensive hypersonic unit by fiscal 2023, general says.

The AUSA annual conference is where Army and defense leaders drop big news, and 2021 was no exception. Here are a few major headlines you shouldn't miss.