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I stand by my original assertion though based on all the other factors that you won't see a complete FCS unit of action until after 2020.
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I suspect that this whole thing won't survive the mother of all budget battles which is shaping up, so we won't see a "complete FCS unit of action" in 2020 or any other time (maybe a batch of NLOS cannons and various drones, bits and pieces).
I simply pointed out that the development is more advanced. The SPA is already at the prototype stage and since the others vehicles would share the same chassis they could not possibly turn out to be much different than envisaged, unless they wanted to go back and redesign it. Which, at this point, would mean a quick death for the program.
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No, I fully admit I was wrong. As I said, no excuses, because I was even aware of the NLOS-C prototype that was in function testing well before 2008. The chassis has changed in small ways since the concepts, the original NLOS-C, and this current proto. I still think you're right that the current chassis is pretty much finalized (small changes won't affect things very much).