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I totally agree with your comments about the FCS. It is a great idea, but we are not even close to the technology needed to 'transform' a 70-ton vehicle into a 20-ton or less vehicle and still maintain the same capability. It is something to keep the techies working on, but way off in the future. That is why I for one think the Objective Force will hardly be ready to field by 2010. Keeping in mind DoD/Congressional acquisition cycles, we would have to start letting contracts in the next few months to reach that goal...how do you do that when you are not even close to designing it?

I never bet against technology, but I do bet against unrealistic timelines to achieve that technology!

I for one think the Objective Force will hardly be ready to field by 2010

I agree with you. I would swag a 15 to 20 year timeline rather than the original 10. The original timeline was overly ambitious given that we have to develop new technologies.

So, my guess is we'll be nursing along old M-1's and Bradleys for the next 15 to 20 years while the next generation fighting vehicles are invented.