'Future Combat Systems' too hard to grasp.

• Author: Erwin, Sandra I.
• Position: WASHINGTON PULSE - Brief article

The current budget woes that threaten to kill the Army's vaunted Future Combat Systems modernization program should come as no surprise to those familiar with the workings of Capitol Hill. The Army never has successfully articulated what FCS really is, or at least has not done it in terms that regular people can comprehend, according to one senior House staffer. The program is not well understood by the congressional...