US Military's Modernisation Plan on Shakey Ground

摘要

The latest round of military acquisition flameouts caps a decade of procurement misfires that has left the Pentagon billions of dollars poorer, and without the modern equipment to show for it. The most illustrative example is the US Army's fruitless quest to modernise its combat vehicles. The budget terminates the Army's Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV), which was conceived as a replacement for another failed programme, the Future Combat Systems (FCS). The budget also kills the Army's tortuous modernisation plan for its Vietnam-era scout helicopters.