Army Delays Future Fighting Vehicle To FY-29

By Ellen Mitchell / August 31, 2015 at 4:20 PM
The Army is delaying a key acquisition decision for its Future Fighting Vehicle by eight years, focusing on more urgent capability gaps in the near term, according to internal budget documents obtained by InsideDefense.com . The service made "the difficult decision" to delay the planned fiscal year 2021 milestone A decision for FFV until FY-29, according to a "for official use only" executive summary of the Army's FY-17 through FY-21 program objective memorandum. "Given more resources, we would not...

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