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Army Casting ‘Wide Net’ For Post-FCS Vehicles

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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Army plans to replace the canceled manned-ground-vehicle portion of its modernization program in five to seven years with new vehicles based on existing technologies, service leaders said yesterday on Capitol Hill. Defense Secretary Robert Gates recommended last month terminating the eight manned-ground vehicles being developed for the Army's Future Combat System (FCS) program, and called for the Army to launch a reevaluated vehicle-modernization program. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey said the service's goal is to…

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