By Ann Roosevelt Congress has the last word on the future of the Army' Future Combat System (FCS) Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C), though the Pentagon's acquisition chief has directed that work stop pending a determination of a way forward for the system. Production of the NLOS-C is currently on hold as the Army drafts its new modernization plan, but Congress will have the last word on the NLOS-C because it is mandated in U.S. law," Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said in…
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