That was the general reaction of the whole Congress to the Future Combat System.
The GAO report reinforced several commonly held misconceptions about the Future Combat Systems initiative.
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Unfortunately, some on Capitol Hill are opposing the funding required to develop and field the Future Combat Systems.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Congress should build the 'future combat system'
This would involve delaying or reducing procurement of the mainstay of the Corps' future combat capabilities, with potentially profound repercussions.
Also vulnerable are companies heavily dependent on expensive new high-tech programs, which now go under the rubric of Future Combat Systems.
The appropriators proposed to reduce funding for the last remnant of the Future Combat System, a next-generation fighting vehicle, by about three quarters.
The Future Combat System became the centerpiece of Army modernization from 2003, when it was formally introduced, until the end of the Bush administration.
Do we really want to rely on such workers in the event their efforts are essential to future combat operations with which they vehemently disagree?
In 2000, Congress directed a reconfiguration of the program and shifted funding from the FSCS to a more ambitious concept known as Future Combat System (FCS).
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The bottom line however, is that Congress needs to show the leadership on Army modernization it has shown in the past, and fully fund the Future Combat Systems.
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So he curbed or cancelled more than 30 weapons systems including the army's Future Combat System, the F-22 Stealth fighter, two missile defence systems and the Zumwalt-class destroyer.
Termination of the Future Combat System in April of 2009 was accompanied by the usual assurances that its technology would be applied to other efforts, but little came of that.
After all, the very foundation of the future military force rests on the limited number of planes able to carry vehicles and equipment, such as the Army's Future Combat Systems.
Called the Future Combat System, it was a family of 18 ground and airborne vehicles, both manned and unmanned, that would be linked together by a wireless network of unprecedented capacity.
An important one is with BAE Systems, for whom Opnet does modeling, simulation and research for big initiatives like the U.S. Army's Future Combat System and the Joint Tactical Radio System.
The Army has also incorporated a myriad of advanced technologies and lessons learned for Iraq and Afghanistan into its Future Combat Systems to meet current needs in the field and to ensure victory in future wars.
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Few capabilities are more indispensable to the future combat effectiveness of the Marines than those that enable troops and equipment to be rapidly and survivably transported from assault ships over the beach and around the battle zone.
Mr. Gates scrapped much of the Army's multibillion dollar Future Combat Systems, after it became clear that its lighter, faster, more fuel-efficient vehicles would not do much to protect soldiers from the threat of improvised explosive devices.
The White House expects a major battle with lawmakers from both parties over Defense Secretary Robert Gates's effort to overhaul defense-procurement policies and cut short production on the F-22 advanced fighter jet and the Army's Future Combat System.
The standing order is for the Air Force to increase that number of air patrols to 65 a day by May 2014, although officials say that is an arbitrary number not based on an analysis of future combat requirements.
Its space and communications division, based in Seal Beach, California, is the lead contractor working on America's national missile-defence system, as well as the provider of the future combat system that is part of the integrated battlespace system for the army.
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An important one is with BAE Systems (other-otc: BAESF - news - people ), for whom Opnet does modeling, simulation and research for big initiatives like the U.S. Army's Future Combat System and the Joint Tactical Radio System.
They are mindful that revolutionary aviation breakthroughs like the Osprey have rarely been accomplished by the armed forces without accidents and loss of life and that the sacrifice entailed thus far will be rewarded by far fewer losses in future combat and peacetime operations.
Some 20, 000 members of the Army's 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, now are not expected to deploy to Iraq in the immediate future since combat appears to be winding down, Pentagon sources Monday told CNN.
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The UAV space represents the wave of the future for combat systems, said Manan K. Shah, a managing partner at Focus Investment Banking, adding that many defense companies such as Boeing (NYSE:BA), Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) and Lockheed Martin could look for acquisitions in the sector.
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And that allows us also to rebuild alliances and make friends around the world to combat future threats.
The results of the study have important implications for efforts to combat future climate change which are likely to take place alongside attempts to lower air pollution levels.
Thursday's discussion touched on some of the weaknesses in security that led to the thefts as well as steps taken to combat and future losses.
And if we refuse to deal with these issues today, then I guarantee you that they will be an albatross around our efforts to combat terrorism in the future.
The weaponry and combat vehicles of the future Black Ops 2 suggests well-researched military advancements, and putting all of this research for gamers to use before real modern combat feels like a morbid privilege.
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