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Army Pledges ‘Rapid’ Action On Post-FCS Ground Vehicle Plan

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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Army plans to act "as rapidly as (it) can" to initiate a new vehicle modernization program in the wake of the defense secretary's call to cancel the vehicle portion of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) network, a top service official said yesterday. Army Vice Chief of Gen. Staff Peter Chiarelli told the Senate Armed Services readiness subcommittee his service is "totally committed to a modernization program." Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged during an April 16 speech…

Congress

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Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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