As a retired Artilleryman with Cavalry and Tactical Signal background, I worked for a defense firm on the FCS and Future Scout programs. The FCS was a pathetic joke from the beginning and the Future Scout program was hamstrung by ignoring the basic mission, and giving the soldiers too much offensive weapons.
Also, the brains at DARPA were bragging about a technology to stop a long-rod penetrator on a light vehicle. When I brought up the simple law of the conservation of matter, which would have put the vehicle upside down in the ditch with a mushy crew, their response was, “But, the vehicle would be intact.”
As a retired electrical engineer, I am afraid that technology will be the death of the military.
As a retired electrical engineer, I am afraid that technology will be the death of the military.