Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities for the Army to Position its Ground Force Modernization Efforts for Success

Abstract

Since it started development in 2003, FCS has been at the center of the Army's efforts to modernize into a lighter, more agile, and more capable combat force. The FCS concept involved replacing existing combat systems with a family of manned and unmanned vehicles and systems linked by an advanced information network. The Army anticipated that the FCS systems, along with the soldier and enabling complementary systems, would work together in a system of systems wherein the whole provided greater capability than the sum of the individual parts. The Army expected to develop this equipment in 10 years, procure it over 13 years, and field it to 15 FCS-unique brigades?about one-third of the active force at that time. The Army also had planned to spin out selected FCS technologies and systems to current Army forces throughout the system development and demonstration phase.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 10, 2010
Accession Number
ADA515814

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Sullivan

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Best Practices
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Governments
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Acquisition
  • Network Architecture
  • Procurement
  • Radio Equipment
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy