Defense Acquisition: Army Transformation Faces Weapon Systems Challenges

Abstract

A decade after the Cold War, the Army recognizes that its combat force is not well suited to perform the operations it must face today and must plan for in the future. The Army's light force can deploy rapidly, but it lacks the firepower, survivability, tactical mobility, and capability for sustained operations against the full range of potential enemy capabilities. Conversely, its heavy force--the force that includes tanks and other armored vehicles-possesses significant firepower, survivability, tactical mobility, and capability for sustained operations, but it, also, requires too much time to deploy and needs extensive materiel support.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA390491

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Artillery
  • Best Practices
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Command And Control
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Howitzers
  • Indirect Fire
  • Information Systems
  • National Security
  • Self Propelled Guns
  • United States
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.