Army aims to fund CFT prototyping, accelerate FVL and NGCV

By Courtney McBride / February 16, 2018 at 5:29 PM
The Army's fiscal year 2019 budget request includes increased research, development, test and evaluation funding to support the efforts of the cross-functional teams pursuing senior leaders' six modernization priorities. Army Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy told reporters Feb. 13, "We put about $400 million in the budget request for prototyping various systems. We have to fly before we buy. We cannot make decisions going forward -- especially big new starts -- unless they're as informed as they can be." McCarthy discussed...

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