Future Combat Systems Goes Woof!

One of a series of professional-looking advertising shorts to support the Army’s struggling $120 billion Future Combat Systems features an earthquake-devastated city resembling Los Angeles. (Click here to watch it; scroll down to “Aftershock.”)

The video, released earlier this year, highlights the airborne networking capabilities FCS should provide, its robotic components that allow mounted video cameras to poke around in dangerous situations, and --best of all -- a cute beagle that leads soldiers to his trapped master.