The Congressional Budget Office, in a new report on alternatives to the Army's Ground Combat Vehicle program, concludes that every option open to the service -- buying off-the-shelf vehicles from foreign allies, upgrading Bradley infantry carriers and killing the GCV altogether -- is less risky and more affordable than the Army's current path. The authors of the report also write that a new, notional GCV would not offer a quantum leap in soldier protection. In fact, all three alternatives to...
