Back to the Future Combat Systems

Apparently, the future is now for the Army's Future Combat Systems project. Last week, Army Times reported that the service has decided to come up with a new name for the project, under the theory that it's happening now, not at some distant point in the future. (Of course, as GovExec's Greg Grant reported in May, the jury's out on whether it will work the way the Army thinks it will.)

Now, the folks over at Danger Room have launched a contest to come up with a new name befitting the program. And, of course, along with the serious entries, there are some snarky ones. To wit:

• Fortunate Contractor Scenario
• Fantastic Cash Sink
• Future Congressional Subpoenas
• Battle-Oriented Optical Networking Data Operations Ground-Geared Linkage Elements (do the acronym yourself)