IT'S A "GO" FOR THE BOEING-SAIC FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS TEAM.

Advanced Materials & Composites News, October, 2002

The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] & Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Future Combat Systems (FCS) Team received a green light from the government on the program 'go/no go' decision that ensures it will continue as the industry lead for this critical Army program. The program involves a number land and air systems of vehicle platforms and electronics integration.

"The "go/no' go review was, in essence, an 'off ramp' for the government that was built into the FCS contract and for a good reason," said Jerry McElwee, Boeing vice president and program manager for FCS. "The concept of an industry lead systems integrator (LSI) was so revolutionary that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Army wanted an opportunity to reaffirm...

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