Casey Briefs New FCS Options to Pentagon Brass, 'Unveiling' Restructured Program

By Jason Sherman, Daniel Wasserbly / June 20, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey this week briefed top Pentagon brass on options being considered to recalibrate the size, scope and schedule of the Future Combat Systems program, a development that sources tracking the program say is a prelude to an announcement that the Army is scaling back its top-priority modernization program. Casey outlined for his fellow service chiefs during a "tank" session in the Pentagon an alternative to the current FCS program of record, according to sources...

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