] It's been called the most ambitious military effort since ] the Manhattan Project, and the centerpiece of Donald ] Rumsfeld's plans to overhaul America's armed forces: a ] $92 billion push to change almost everything about the ] Army by 2010, from the guns GIs carry, to the officers ] they salute, to the tanks they drive. ] ] A new congressional report is alleging that the Future ] Combat Systems program is poised for major delays and a ] financial train wreck. Worst of all, the report claims, ] the Army knew this was going to happen all along. [ FCS has some good pieces, from the things I've been reading, but like anything else, you have to watch your budget, and I think Rummy is trying to push too hard. Anyway, the GAO appears to think so. -k] Wired News: GAO Says Army on Road to Ruin |