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Army Awaits Approval To Break FCS Into Three Programs

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Friday, May 22nd, 2009

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By Marina Malenic The Army is awaiting a go-ahead from Pentagon leaders to divide its multibillion dollar modernization effort, the Future Combat Systems (FCS), into three separate programs, a top service official said yesterday. "The large, major defense acquisition program that was heretofore known as FCS will probably devolve into three major programs," Lt. Gen. Ross Thompson, the military deputy to the Army's acquisition secretary, told the House Armed Services Air and Land Forces subcommittee. According to Thompson, the three…

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