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FCS Needs No New Funds To Accelerate, Officials Say

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Friday, June 27th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt No new funds will be requested to accelerate the Army's approximately $160 billion Future Combat System (FCS), service leaders said yesterday while detailing plans to accelerate the first mature technologies and equipment to the Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCTs) ahead of the Heavy Brigade Combat Teams (HBCTs). Lt. Gen. Stephen Speakes, Army G-8, deputy chief of staff for programs, said: "the fundamental element of this whole acceleration is an Army that's living within its means. What we're…

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