Army to cancel, 'downsize' 194 programs in favor of modernization

By Ashley Tressel / January 24, 2019 at 4:27 PM
(Editor's note: Subsequent to publication, an Army spokesman told Inside Defense that the correct number of programs that were canceled or reduced is 194, and the correct number of canceled programs is 88.) The Army's fiscal year 2020 budget request and accompanying five-year budget plan will include a total of 194 canceled or reduced programs, according to the service's chief of staff. "We canceled [88] different programs of various sizes, and we either delayed or downsized 106," Gen. Mark...

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