CommanderFrank
Cat Can't Scratch It
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After 16 years of development, two years of simulation testing and a cost of hundreds of millions already spent, the US Army is ready to activate the Battlefield Data Network in actual deployment in the field. All well and good except for the problem of the Senate Appropriations Committee may pull the funding needed to keep the network operational. We’ve all heard the adage The Opposite of Progress is Congress and here is a prime example of that in action.
This is a big blow to the Army. In March, its acquisitions chief, Lt. Gen. William Phillips, called developing the data network “our number-one program moving forward.” That’s right — more important than a new ground vehicle, refurbishing its helicopter fleet, and its other big-ticket items