A leading congressional authorizer acknowledges the Army's need to modernize its platforms, but wants to ensure the service -- along with its counterparts across the Defense Department -- internalizes the lessons of past acquisition shortfalls. In a Dec. 6 interview, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) told Inside the Army "there is no question" that the Army needs to modernize its platforms. He noted that the cancellation of the Future Combat Systems in 2009 "left a big...
