Issues Facing the Army's Future Combat Systems Program

Abstract

In October 1999, the Army announced plans to transform into a more strategically responsive force that could more rapidly deploy and effectively operate in all types of military operations, whether small-scale contingencies or major theater wars. The Future Combat Systems (FCS) program is to provide the suite of weaponry and other equipment for the transformed force. The Army plans to develop a family of 18 systems under the FCS program. Because of its size, the FCS program will dominate the Army's investment accounts over the next decade.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 13, 2003
Accession Number
AD1179146

Entities

People

  • Paul L. Francis

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Battle Damage Assessment
  • Best Practices
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Network Security
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Damage Assessment
  • Deployment
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Ground Vehicles
  • High Reliability
  • Military Operations
  • Product Development
  • Radio Equipment
  • Software Development
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Target Recognition
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.