Scheduling Conflict Pushes Army Modernization Review Into New Year

The Pentagon has postponed for about two weeks a review of the Army's Early Infantry Brigade Combat Team (E-IBCT) equipment due to what it called a scheduling conflict, reports the Army Times.

The E-IBCT Defense Acquisition Board review was scheduled for Dec. 22, but that has now been pushed to the week of Jan. 10, said an Army spokesman.

Senior Army leaders are to meet with Ashton Carter, the Pentagon's acquisition chief, to decide whether to proceed with low-rate initial...