Driscoll points to MTC to explain Paladin funding slashes; Cole questions cut

Driscoll points to MTC to explain Paladin funding slashes; Cole questions cut

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll today linked the service's planned funding cuts to Paladin procurement with the Mobile Tactical Cannon competition, telling appropriators on Capitol Hill that soldiers need a lighter, faster cannon amid a battlefield rife with drones. “While we think the Paladin will be in our lives for a while because we want to be good custodians of the assets the American taxpayer has given us, we think the new purchases to balance…