Col. Pat Costello, director of Army Futures Command’s Air and Missile Defense Cross Functional Team, said, “Nowhere during my career have I seen such transformation across a branch.”
Countering drones is a problem without one single solution, he said. The Army needs “to be agile in our processes and in our thoughts to keep up with the rapidly evolving threat,” he said.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2023/6/1/army-transforms-integrated-air-missile-defense-capabilities
Army Futures Command’s Air and Missile Defense Cross Functional Team is based at Ft Sill. Lawton bought the local mall and has set it up for hosting companies working on this Cross Functional Team's requirements. The city calls it FISTA,. Multiple companies have space where they can work together along with Sill for Futures development. I believe there are seven CF Team's. Two of which are based at Sill.
City has done hell of a job putting it together.
https://thefista.com/about/
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