Army Eases Into Modernization | AVIATION WEEK: "The U.S. Army’s newest iteration of its modernization plan cleared a major hurdle on Dec. 22, when it was approved to begin Low-Rate Initial Production of the first increment.
The Increment 1 package—formerly part of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program axed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates last April (DTI July/August 2009, p. 19)—includes a network integration kit, small unmanned ground vehicle, Class I unmanned aerial vehicle, unattended ground sensor and the Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System (NLOS-LS)."
