Tuesday, June 30, 2009

US Army Modernization in Turmoil

U.S. Department of Defense officials ordered an assessment of the Pentagon's ground combat vehicle program that effectively causes massive changes to the U.S. Army's modernization plan, reports UPI.
Ashton Carter, undersecretary for acquisition, issued a memorandum last week that makes the Pentagon's Future Combat Systems Brigade Combat Team, a $160 billion modernization plan, a thing of the past.

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