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Unmanned FCS Platforms May be Cut

"Additional cuts to the Future Combat System could be on the horizon as Army officials examine whether they can reduce the number of unmanned ground vehicles in the program, Gen. William Wallace, commanding general of Training and Doctrine Command, said last week. According to sources and budget documents, variants of the Armed Robotic Vehicle could be pared down.

“We are looking at unmanned ground vehicles to see if our initial notion, with regard to FCS, was right in terms of numbers and types of vehicles and the purpose of those vehicles . . . [and] whether we can reduce that or not,” Wallace told reporters at a Jan. 11 breakfast."

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