 The U.S. Army Research Laboratory welcomed more than 600 partners to its 2018 program formulation meeting March 20th at the Millette Training Facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Stakeholders from across the Army science and technology community, as well as the training and doctrine command, attend this venue to meet with Army researchers and influence lab priorities for the coming year. We should have some members, if not the actual leads. We should have some folks here from the cross-functional teams. And I think that their participation, again, is extremely important so that they get an appreciation for what goes on in science and technology and that they walk away from this session with an understanding that there's a connection, not a disconnect, between the needs that are being articulated in the operational Army and the work that is being done in the science and technology community. Major General Cedric T. Wins, commanding general of the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command, told the gathering that the Army is targeting long-range precision fires, next-generation combat vehicles, and cyber as areas of intense interest from Army leaders. And so as our chief of staff, General Mark Milley, has said the character of war is changing. Much of that change has to do with the increasing pace of change in and the spread of technology, and so we want to be out on the forefront of all those efforts. So what does that mean for RDECOM and the Army as we begin to tackle modernization? Many of you in this room know better than I do that you can't force things in terms of discovery to happen quickly across the board, nor can you force discovery to develop into something useful faster than the science will allow. But you can find a faster way to move things from useful to actually being used. That's the piece of the Army that we're trying to get after. The general also told attendees to stay tuned for further developments as the Army prepares for a possible announcement about a modernization or futures command at an upcoming association of the United States Army Conference. The AUSA Global Force Symposium and Exhibition is scheduled for March 26th to the 28th in Huntsville, Alabama. From Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, David McNally, ARL TV.