United States Army Futures Command

U.S. Army Command that runs modernization projects

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2023 DEVCOM ARL established its fifth regional site, ARL Mid-Atlantic, in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
2022 DEVCOM ARL discontinued its technical directorates and adopted a competency-based organizational structure to realign research efforts.
2020 CCDC changed its abbreviation to DEVCOM, with CCDC ARL becoming DEVCOM ARL.
November 1 2019 Major-General Cedric T. Wins was replaced as commanding general of CCDC, marking a leadership transition at the organization's headquarters in Aberdeen Proving Ground.
November 1 2019 Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) officially reorganizes, consolidating multiple research and development centers under a single command structure at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
August 2019 Army Futures Command reaches full operational capability, focusing on readiness for future combat with near-peer competitors.
January 31 2019 Transition of authority from Army Material Command to Army Futures Command occurs at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, with a reflagging of the Command and repatching of the commander and Command Sergeant Major.
July 1 2018 RDECOM is officially transferred from Army Materiel Command to Army Futures Command.
June 4 2018 Department of the Army publishes General Order 2018–10, formally establishing Army Futures Command and transferring RDECOM from Army Material Command effective 1 July 2018.
April 9 2018 Established ARL Northeast in Burlington, Massachusetts, located at Northeastern University's George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security, believed to be the final extended campus location.
November 10 2017 Established ARL Central in Chicago, Illinois, located at the University of Chicago's Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to establish presence in the Midwest region.
November 16 2016 Established ARL South in Austin, Texas, located at the University of Texas at Austin's J.J. Pickle Research Center to partner with organizations in Texas and surrounding areas.
April 13 2016 Established ARL West in Playa Vista, California, located at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies to foster regional research partnerships.
2014 ARL launched the Open Campus pilot program to advance collaborative fundamental research with industry, academia, and other government laboratories.
September 2014 RDECOM returns to military command after Dale Ormond's civilian leadership.
February 2012 Dale Ormond begins serving as the first civilian commander of RDECOM.

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