Lessons from the Army's Future Combat Systems program /

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The Future Combat Systems (FCS) program was the largest and most ambitious planned acquisition program in the Army's history. The FCS was intended to field not just a system, but an entire brigade, a system of systems, with novel technologies integrated by means of an advanced wireless network....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pernin, Christopher G., 1973- (Autor)
Autores Corporativos: Arroyo Center, United States. Army
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, ARROYO CENTER, 2012.
Temas:
United States. > Army > Procurement.
United States. > Army > Weapons systems > Evaluation.
United States. > Army > Technological innovations > Evaluation.
États-Unis. > Army > Systèmes d'armes > Évaluation.
États-Unis. > Army > Innovations > Évaluation.
United States. > Army
Armored vehicles, Military > United States.
Technological innovations > United States > Management.
Systems engineering > United States > Management.
Engins blindés > États-Unis.
Innovations > États-Unis > Gestion.
Ingénierie des systèmes > États-Unis > Gestion.
Armed Forces > Procurement
Armored vehicles, Military
Systems engineering > Management
Technological innovations > Evaluation
Technological innovations > Management
Weapons systems > Evaluation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Background of the Future Combat Systems program
  • Cost, schedule, and performance of the FCS program over time
  • How the Army generated requirements for the Future Combat Systems
  • The evolution and adjustment of requirements after milestone B
  • FCS program management
  • Contracts
  • Technology choices and development in FCS
  • Summary
  • Appendix A. Select interviewees for this study
  • Appendix B. Congressional decrements and scrutiny
  • Appendix C. FCS requirements data and methodology
  • Appendix D. Selected technology transfer agreements between PM FCS and Army S & T
  • Appendix E. Where the FCS systems are today.

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