Topic: Future Combat Systems Program

Army plans new combat vehicle after plans for new fleet scrapped under Pentagon budgetThe Army will build new combat vehicles better suited for fighting insurgents in places like Afghanistan, equipment that would replace a fleet likely to be stripped from the service's ...

Weapons programs over budget, behind schedule: audit

Many major US weapons programs are running over budget and lagging behind promised production schedules, a report by an independent US auditor said Monday.The cost of the 96 largest defense programs reached 1.6 trillion dollars in the 2008 fiscal year, 25 percent ...
GAO reports show fighter program, Army modernization plans face big cost overrunsCosts are likely to keep growing for two of the Pentagon's biggest weapons programs as the military pushes to field fighter jets and high tech Army units even before fully proving ...