Manned Ground Vehicle

Abstract

The Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program was initiated on the basis of an Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) that was approved 10 December 2009. An Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) was signed 17 August 2011 and it granted the Army approval to enter a 24 month Technology Development (TD) phase. Two contracts were awarded: one contract was awarded to BAE Systems Land & Armaments, Limited Partnership (L.P.) and one was awarded to General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. Revisions to the GCV strategy were approved via an ADM that was signed on 16 January 2013. The Army's exploration of the capabilities trade-space prior to finalizing requirements led to a modified set of requirements that required additional preliminary design effort. The ADM directed the TD phase to be extended by six months (for a total of 30 months) and envisioned a MS B in late FY2014. The GCV Project Manager took steps to incorporate these decisions into the program by issuing Undefinitized Change Orders to both contractors in April, 2013. The following funding requirements/justifications reflect these decisions. Fiscal constraints and competing demands during budget uncertainty forced the Army to make hard choices between near-term readiness and modernizing current systems to meet near term capability gaps and developing the GCV. Given fiscal constraints and where we are in current technology, the Army concludes this is not the right time to develop the GCV and will end the program following the Technology Development phase. We have benefitted from our investment in GCV and will use the insights gained to inform technology maturation efforts in support of a strategy for the Army's future Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) modernization program. The funding in FY2015 will support continuing advanced concept development, trade studies, technology maturation, technical / operational / affordability analyses, and perhaps limited prototyping to assess future designs that integrate emerging S&T technologies.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2015
• Source ID: 0605625A_5_2040_PB_2015
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Business Administration
• Combat Vehicles
• Computer-Aided Design
• Contractors
• Contracts
• Engineering
• Infantry Fighting Vehicles
• Procurement
• Project Management
• Rocket Propelled Grenades
• Software Design
• Software Development
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Test Facilities
• Vehicles

Readers

• Clinical Trial Research.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Space