Lessons from the Army's Future Combat Systems Program - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lessons from the Army's Future Combat Systems Program write by Christopher G. Pernin. This book was released on 2012. Lessons from the Army's Future Combat Systems Program available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems program aimed to field an ambitious system of systems, with novel technologies integrated via an advanced wireless network. The largest and most ambitious planned acquisition program in the Army's history, it was cancelled in 2009, and some of its efforts transitioned to follow-on programs. This report documents the program's complex history and draws lessons from its experiences.
Early Lessons Learned from the Army's Future Combat Systems Program (FCS)
Early Lessons Learned from the Army's Future Combat Systems Program (FCS) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Early Lessons Learned from the Army's Future Combat Systems Program (FCS) write by Joseph Yakovac. This book was released on 2007. Early Lessons Learned from the Army's Future Combat Systems Program (FCS) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Future Combat System (FCS) program is, without a doubt, the most challenging modernization program ever attempted by the Army. The requirement defines the need to develop and field a fully integrated system-of-systems consisting of manned ground vehicles, unmanned ground systems, and unmanned aerial systems -- all connected by a complex network. The program is in its fifth year of System Development and Demonstration. Despite two restructures, due to reprioritizations of dollars within the Army and budget cuts imposed by Congress, the program remains on schedule to deliver capability to the current force in 2010 and, by 2017, to field a fully equipped FCS brigade combat team. To date, most articles, studies, and reports on FCS have focused on the complexities of the task of developing and fielding a system-of-systems and on the unique contractual arrangement between the Army and the program's lead system integrator. This paper provides early lessons learned from the FCS program that may be useful to acquisition professionals facing the challenges of managing the complexity inherent in 21st-century Department of Defense programs.
The Army's Future Combat System (FCS)
The Army's Future Combat System (FCS) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Army's Future Combat System (FCS) write by Andrew Feickert. This book was released on 2007. The Army's Future Combat System (FCS) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Future Combat System (FCS) was a multiyear, multibillion dollar program at the heart of the Army's transformation efforts. It was to be the Army's major research, development, and acquisition program consisting of 14 manned and unmanned systems tied together by an extensive communications and information network. FCS was intended to replace current systems such as the M-1 Abrams tank and the M-2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. The FCS program has been characterized by the Army and others as a high-risk venture due to the advanced technologies involved and the challenge of networking all of the FCS subsystems together so that FCS-equipped units could function as intended. The FCS program exists in a dynamic national security environment which ultimately played a role in determining the program's fate. Some questioned if FCS, envisioned and designed prior to September 11, 2001 to combat conventional land forces, was relevant in current and anticipated future conflicts where counterinsurgency and stabilization operations are expected to be the norm. The Army contended, however, that FCS was relevant throughout the "entire spectrum of conflict" and that a number of FCS technologies and systems were effectively used in counterinsurgency and stabilization campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. On April 6, 2009, Secretary of Defense Gates announced that he intended to significantly restructure the FCS program. The Department of Defense (DOD) plans to accelerate the spin out of selected FCS technologies to all brigade combat teams (BCTs) but will recommend canceling the manned ground vehicle (MGV) component of the program, which was intended to field eight separate tracked combat vehicle variants built on a common chassis that would eventually replace combat vehicles such as the M-1 Abrams tank, the M-2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, and the M-109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system. Secretary Gates was concerned that there were significant unanswered questions in the FCS vehicle design strategy and that despite some adjustments to the MGVs, they did not adequately reflect the lessons of counterinsurgency and close quarters combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Secretary Gates also critical that the FCS program did not include a role for Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles that have been used successfully in current conflicts. After re-evaluating requirements, technology, and approach, DOD will re-launch the Army's vehicle modernization program, including a competitive bidding process. Plans for transition from the FCS program to a new program where the Army intends to modernize all BCTs with remaining FCS technologies will likely be of critical congressional interest. The developments of a new Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) to replace the canceled MGVs could also be subject to congressional debate and oversight
The Army's Future Combat System Program
The Army's Future Combat System Program - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Army's Future Combat System Program write by Christian N. Feliciano. This book was released on 2009. The Army's Future Combat System Program available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides information on the issue of the capabilities and affordability of the FCS program. The Future Combat System (FCS) is the U.S. Army's multi-year, multi-billion dollar program at the heart of the Army's transformation efforts. It is the Army's major research, development, and acquisition program consisting of 14 manned and unmanned systems tied together by an extensive communications and information network. The FCS program exists in a dynamic national security environment which could significantly influence the program's outcome. The primary issues presented to 110th Congress are the capabilities and affordability of the FCS program, and the likelihood, given a myriad of factors, that the Army will be able to field its first FCS-equipped brigade by 2014 and eventually field up to 15 FCS-equipped brigades. This book will address a variety of issues including the program's timeline, budget, program management issues, current program developmental progress and challenges, and FCS's relevance in the current and potential future security environments.
The Army's Future Combat Systems Program and Alternatives
The Army's Future Combat Systems Program and Alternatives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Army's Future Combat Systems Program and Alternatives write by Frances M. Lussier. This book was released on 2006. The Army's Future Combat Systems Program and Alternatives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
