Army ‘Big Six’ Ramp Up in 2021: Learning From FCS
All told, the Army's investing $57 billion in modernization over five years -- but it wants to take time to test new technologies before it commits to them.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on March 14, 2019 at 5:40 PM
LRPF Long-Range Precision Fires. NGCV Next-Generation Combat Vehicle. FVL Future Vertical Lift. AMD Air & Missile Defense. SL: Soldier Lethality.
WASHINGTON: Army modernization will really hit the gas in 2021, officials said today, ramping up rapidly from the 2020 budget request released this week. But the service has learned from past disasters to “try before you buy†and will give itself time to test how new technology works against real-world threats, said Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy, himself a veteran of the Army’s Future Combat Systems debacle. As each of 31 top-priority technologies matures — and not before — the service will move money into it and out of current programs, he said.
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/03/army-big-six-ramp-up-in-2021-learning-from-fcs/
