LTG Vane spoke on what Army forces need to do - require a need to be executed in moderation and balance to achieve set goals – a centralized idea that drives strategic planning and leader development. He said that we have to allow Soldiers to connect with Industry, and that we have to leverage the prototype phase of development earlier. He transitioned to stating that we have to get our minds right of sending products to the field in order to identify risks and redundancies. He asked the audience to recognize that incremental improvements are a high priority as we move forward against an adaptive enemy. We must update the acquistion process to gain efficiencies. A prolonged discussion on how the Army acquires emerging systems ensued during the question and answer period.

"Buy less, more often" was a large discussion point for the group - we are doing it and have been doing it - is it better or worse, more expensive or cheaper?