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Army

Army Elevates FCS Debate To National Level

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Thursday, February 28th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.--Internal discussions have led the Army to elevate the debate over its potential $160 billion top modernization program, the Future Combat Systems (FCS), according to a top service official. "We look at FCS, not as a program, but as a public debate," Dean Popps, acting assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition Logistics and Technology, told the Association of the United States Army winter symposium here. Boeing [BA] and SAIC [SAI] manage the program for…

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