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National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's Next Combat Vehicle: New Beginning or FCS Sequel? The Army is racing toward a September deadline to present a convincing case to the secretary of defense that it should receive funds to begin designing a new combat vehicle next year.  |
National Defense August 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
Future Combat Systems Accelerated, One More Time Watchers of the Army's largest ever high-tech weapons project, the Future Combat Systems, may have experienced a classic case of deja vu last month -- when the service announced its latest plan to rush FCS technologies to the front lines.  |
National Defense July 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's Next Combat Vehicle: Cheaper and Simpler The Army lost a bruising battle to save its Future Combat Systems. Now the service is hoping that it can pick up the pieces and move on, although it's not yet clear how.  |
The Motley Fool May 22, 2009 Rich Smith |
Boeing Says A-B-C-U-Later to $160 Billion Program The Pentagon confirmed that it is officially putting an end to its "$160 billion" Future Combat Systems program in its current form, heading off taxpayer fears that runaway costs could morph FCS into a $300 billion boondoggle.  |
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Struggles With Weight Of Future Combat Systems Only weeks before a crucial Pentagon review, officials overseeing the Army's Future Combat Systems continue to search for ways to lower the weight of new vehicle designs. A key requirement in FCS is that all vehicles be transportable by C-130 cargo aircraft.  |
National Defense November 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
For Army's Future Combat Vehicles, Flying by C-130 No Longer Required There's been an evolution in thinking in the Army on transportability. Building an 18-ton vehicle that can survive the rigors of combat like an Abrams proved to be too hard and unrealistic from an engineering standpoint.  |
Popular Mechanics June 26, 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
Shift on Future Combat Systems Will Rush High-Tech Gear to Iraq Pentagon officials announced big changes for its closely watched Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, aiming to bring combat sensors and robots to the battlefield more quickly.  |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 Stanley Holmes |
High-Tech Weapons: A Loss Of Control? The Pentagon may be ceding too much power to Boeing and other contractors.  |
National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Future Combat Vehicles Will Fall Short of Preferred Weight Officials working on the Army modernization program admitted that they will not reach the preferred weight for the FCS family of combat vehicles.  |
National Defense January 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Army's Ground Combat Vehicle Stirs Confusion In Industry The Army plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next several years on the design of a new "infantry fighting vehicle." With new big-ticket military programs becoming increasingly scarce, this would normally qualify as great news for contractors.  |
National Defense July 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Wrangling Over Future Combat Systems Raises Larger Questions A contentious bout of budget drills on Capitol Hill this year featured the Army's top brass mounting a passionate defense of its prized Future Combat Systems.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
Army Officials cut FCS Program from 18 Systems to 14 U.S. Army officials have restructured the Future Combat Systems program to modernize the current force, while also providing the future force with advanced technology.  |
National Defense February 2009 Matthew Rusling |
High-Tech Vehicles Promise Fuel Savings -- Years From Now For the Army, trying to cut its fuel use to significantly lower levels is simply not possible with its current fleet. Its old, gas-guzzling engines can be tweaked, but real fuel economy requires a shift to hybrid-electric technology  |
National Defense October 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's Ground Combat Vehicle: The Saga Continues The Army's quest for a new combat vehicle is one of the Pentagon's longest running, most drama-filled procurement soap operas.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006 Courtney E. Howard |
Wheeled Wonders and Road Warriors Major defense industry vendors and contractors are contributing to the advancement and success of combat vehicles designed to take advantage of the best technologies available now and in the future.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2009 John Keller |
FCS: Too Big to Fail, or Too Juicy a Target to Succeed? The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program appears to be finished -- at least as originally conceived  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins Debut First Integrated Computer Systems for the Future Combat Systems Program The integration will deliver Future Combat System (FCS)-equipped military units with exceptional processing, networking, data-storage, and information assurance capabilities.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004 John Keller |
Vetronics of the Future Combat System The electronic and optoelectronic technologies of the future battlefield will help provide unprecedented situational awareness and maneuver capability to U.S. and allied ground troops.  |
National Defense September 2007 Breanne Wagner |
Navigation System Advances Army's Pursuit of Unmanned Vehicles The Army will begin a series of tests in October that could demonstrate whether ground combat robots can find their way autonomously in the battlefield.  |
National Defense June 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Army's Future Combat Systems Could See International Partners U.S. Army officials are in the early stages of discussing foreign military sales and international collaboration on the service's most ambitious modernization program.  |
National Defense May 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Army Seeks to Quiet Skeptics As it Tries New Acquisition Strategy One year after Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled the Army's Future Combat Systems program, service leaders say they are moving forward with a new acquisition regime.  |
National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Wants Trucks That `Survive' Combat Repeated attacks on truck convoys in Iraq have prompted the Army to revisit its requirements for future logistics vehicles.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2009 |
Infrared Sensor for Armored Vehicle Night Vision is Aim of BAE Contract BAE Systems will produce a system of infrared sensors and related vetronics that provide 24-hour, all-weather visibility to operators of U.S. Army and Marine Corps armored vehicles.  |
National Defense January 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's Armored Force: Mix of Old and New Amid uncertainty about the prospect of its ambitious "future combat systems" program, the Army is forging ahead with plans to deploy up to 35 new armored brigades.  |
National Defense April 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Spending Muscle Fueled By Emergency Funding A combination of bigger procurement accounts in this year's budget and war-emergency appropriations puts the Army on course to receive some of the largest levels of funding it has seen in decades.  |
National Defense December 2011 |
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers respond to articles about army modernization and reworking the defense budget.  |
National Defense January 2013 Dan Parsons |
Vendors Pour Funding Into Armored Vehicle Development Vehicle manufacturers are gearing up for several parallel armored vehicle programs and, without any guarantee of a contract, are pouring money into working prototypes so that when the time comes, they can offer an "off-the-shelf" design.  |
National Defense October 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Uncertainty Lingers Over Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle Program BAE Systems appears to be the only bidder for the Army's armored multi-purpose vehicle contract, but it may not be the only winner.  |
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Wilson, Gordon & Johnson |
An Alternative Future Force: Building a Better Army The Army's transformation concept rests on a set of major assumptions that should be questioned. This article suggests an alternative pathway for preparing US ground forces to meet the challenges of the next several decades.  |
National Defense April 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
The Next Humvee: Army, Marines Weigh Options The Army and Marine Corps may decide as early as May 2007 to begin searching for a new vehicle that would replace the ubiquitous Humvee.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Army Settles on Final Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon System for Future Combat Systems The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program has logged a milestone by integrating the first FCS manned ground vehicle (MGV) Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C) prototype.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 |
Boeing and SAIC Award Honeywell Contract to Develop FCS Class I UAVs Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corp., functioning as the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat System program, awarded a contract to Honeywell Defense & Space Electronic Systems to develop the Class I Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System (UAVS).  |
National Defense July 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Next-Generation Robots: Bigger and Better? The exploits of bomb-sniffing robots in Iraq and Afghanistan have solidified their role as useful combat tools, but the technology needs to be pushed much further, say robot designers and engineers.  |
National Defense June 2012 Dan Parsons |
Vehicles Strut Their Stuff in Desert Trials The evaluation of non-developmental vehicles is part of a larger analysis of alternatives mandated by the Defense Department to ferret out available commercial technologies that might fit the bill for variants of the Ground Combat Vehicle.  |
National Defense January 2014 Stew Magnuson |
Marine Corps Plays Part In a Shrinking Military Vehicle Industrial Base Whether it's munitions, space, combat vehicles or submarines, maintaining the industrial base for sectors unique to the military has been a growing concern.  |
National Defense August 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Soldiers Benefit From `Rapid Fielding' Mentality Among the organizations that really have pulled out all the stops to get needed technology to the field quickly is the Army Research Development and Engineering Command.  |
National Defense April 2008 Alan L. Gropman |
Combat Vehicle Sector Could be Headed for Turbulent Times The defense industry has thrived despite erratic government funding and regulatory vagaries. But it must now prepare for a possible downturn during the next several years.  |
National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
A Year at War: One Million Pieces of Damaged Equipment Repairs of worn-out and war-damaged Army equipment are certain to remain a $13 billion to $15 billion-a-year business - if not higher - for the foreseeable future.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
FCS is Coming to Fruition Industry players advance vehicle electronics in an effort to put Future Combat Systems in the hands of current-force soldiers sooner than expected.  |
National Defense March 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Ground Combat Vehicle Program May Not Yield What Army Intends, Analysts Say As the Army pursues its latest effort to develop a new ground combat vehicle, analysts say that the high-stakes program may already be headed for technological disappointment.  |
National Defense March 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Marine Corps Ponders Options to Expand Armor Forces in Iraq As the demand for armored scout units in Iraq soars, the Marine Corps is reviewing its entire array of combat vehicle programs and is considering revising procurement plans.  |
National Defense April 2010 Austin Wright |
Non-Metal Structure Lightens Military Truck The Army is testing an all-composite military vehicle that weighs 900 pounds less than the humvee it was modeled after.  |
National Defense March 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Army, Marine Corps Face Pitfalls When it Comes to Modernizing Equipment As budgets tighten and the military reduces ground forces, the Marine Corps' failed attempt to field the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle may serve as a case study for those hoping to modernize military equipment.  |
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's Industrial Depots Prepare for Surge The Army's maintenance depots may have to rapidly ramp up their capacity so they can fix up to 40,000 trucks and combat vehicles that could be returning from Iraq in the next several years.  |
National Defense October 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Robots Aid Soldiers, But Can be Irritating Feedback from soldiers on the use of robots in combat is leading researchers to believe that robotic technology has the potential to become a huge assist in combat operations, but that too much automation may not be desirable.  |
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Dept. Forecasts Greater Use of Robots in Ground Combat Officials who oversee robot technology development at the Defense Department say it is just the beginning.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2006 John McHale |
Boeing Future Combat System Shows Maturity in Joint Experiment The U.S. Army's Future Combat System program, managed by the Lead Systems Integrator team of Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corporation, demonstrated networking and systems capabilities in the first of two major field experiments scheduled for 2006.  |
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson |
Fire Away: Army in a Rush to Produce New Cannon The Future Combat Systems program plans to unveil the first functioning non-line-of-sight cannon.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 |
Military robots to be delivered to U.S. Army by iRobot in $35.3 million contract U.S. Army leaders needed military robots for unmanned ground vehicle applications. They found their solution from iRobot in Bedford, Mass.  |
National Defense May 2004 Sandra Erwin |
Army Not Yet Sold On Hybrid Vehicles The Army's decision to stop funding the production of hybrid-electric Humvees is a clear sign that military vehicles will continue to be a tough sell in the world of fuel-efficient technologies.  |