Army praises SUGV, refocuses FCS on infantry first

The Army announced last week that it was refocusing the Future Combat Systems program on aiding infantry units first (about time) rather than on heavy units given the urgent requests from the field for better lower-level equipment. It looks like this is the schedule — a Preliminary Limited User Test will begin this summer in Fort Bliss, Texas, followed by a full-blown Limited User Test in FY’09 (federal fiscal years start Oct. 1). Here is the key sentence: “The formal LUT scheduled in FY09 wil
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