T hree years ago, the Pentagon began cancel- ing the Army’s ambitious modernization program, which would have cost billions and created a sophisticated network of vehicles, drones and radios. ¶ This kind of cut might appeal to politicians calling for significant decreases in government spending. ¶ But turns out, it’s not that simple. Even years later, the Defense Department and the Army are still negotiating with the contractor and estimate they’ll pay a fee of almost $500 million — on top of the roughly $19 billion an Army study estimated the service already paid for the complex program that never came to fruition. ¶
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