Army Carbine Program May Waste $1.8 Billion, Report Finds
By Tony Capaccio & Danielle Ivory - Mar 19, 2013 11:09 AM ET

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The Army risks wasting as much as $1.8 billion developing a replacement
for the M4 carbine that it may not need, according to the Pentagon’s
inspector general.

The carbine replacement program is one the Army and Pentagon “may want
to re-evaluate,” as the service is “seeking to acquire more rifles
during a time when their total force structure will be reduced,” Lynne
Halbrooks, principal deputy inspector general, said in a statement and
report provided today to a House committee. The Pentagon plans to reduce
Army ground forces to 490,000 by 2017 from about 560,000 in 2011.
Enlarge image Army Rifle Program Risks $1.8 Billion Waste

“It’s unclear what additional capability this new rifle will have over
the modified M4,” according to the report. “Key performance parameters
such as accuracy, reliability and lethality have not been established.”

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