The defense policy bill is handing the Army a to-do list

The Army would upgrade its tech to protect troops downrange and improve training at home, and may put its efforts to procure open-source intelligence tools under a program executive office under proposals in the compromise version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act.The House passed its version of the bill, which lays out where the military will spend its funding, on Wednesday. Here are some of the items Congress has placed on the Army’s to-do list:Designate one of the serv