Army seeks to quiet skeptics as it tries new acquisition strategy.

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Army seeks to quiet skeptics as it tries new acquisition strategy.

One year after Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled the Army's Future Combat Systems program, service leaders say they are moving forward with a new acquisition regime.

"We believe that change in the armed forces generally, and change in our Army specifically, has to be evolutionary rather than revolutionary," said Lt. Gen. Michael Vane, deputy commanding general and futures director of the Army Capabilities and Integration Center.

"Affordable modernization" was the slogan introduced at the Association for the United States Army winter conference in Fort Lauderdale,...

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