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Army Leaders Push To Keep FCS Funds For Critical Modernization Effort

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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt Moving Future Combat System (FCS) funds away from the Army budget in the wake of Defense Secretary Gates' cancellation of the Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV) would endanger a critical component of the service's modernization strategy--the network, senior officers said. "I believe the most critical component of the new Brigade Combat Team Modernization Strategy is the network," Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Chiarelli told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Airland panel yesterday. "I am concerned…

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