Army axes M10 Booker, a prime example of poor acquisition practice, Driscoll says

By Dominic Minadeo / May 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Army’s new civilian leader today announced a move to cancel the M10 Booker program, laying into the service’s mismanagement of an overpriced and ineffective tank. “The Booker is a classic example of sunk cost fallacy and the Army doing something wrong,” Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told reporters today at a roundtable at the Pentagon. Driscoll was joined by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, who agreed that the service won’t buy any more models, adding the vehicle to...

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