United Defense CEO Confident FY-08 FCS Goal Is Achievable

By John Liang / October 25, 2002 at 5:00 AM
Despite recent reports that the Pentagon may delay the Army's Future Combat Systems program, the chief executive officer of United Defense Industries, a subcontractor on the program, says the service's goal of fielding FCS by 2008 is achievable. "I, for one, believe it is," Thomas Rabaut told financial analysts yesterday during a conference call on his company's third-quarter earnings. Inside the Army reported earlier this month that top Pentagon officials are looking to save tens of billions of dollars by...

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