FCS TRIMMED. Future Combat Systems, the integrated, high tech system that the Army has been pursuing for the last few years (sort of the eqivalent of the F-22 or the Zumwalt destroyer, and more likely to be used than either) has taken a significant hit in the latest Army funding request. Land Warrior, a system designed to make individual infantrymen part of a high-information network, has temporarily been shelved. For those interested in the latest zombie fighting techniques, Land Warrior featured prominently in a chapter of Max Brooks’ World War Z. Anyway, Defense Tech has a good discussion, including some speculation that the cut is strategic and that the Army expects to get everything back from the incoming Congress.
–Robert Farley
