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Casey Pledges To Control Requirements Creep With Post-FCS Manned Vehicles

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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Army's top officer pledged yesterday to fight requirements growth with its morphing manned-ground-vehicle program, as a senior lawmaker warned money will not be available to absorb cost overruns like Future Combat Systems (FCS) has seen. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), told Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey during a budget hearing that with procurement funding dipping in the Pentagon's fiscal year 2010 budget proposal, sizable cost…

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