Lessons from the Army's Future Combat Systems program /

Lessons from the Army's Future Combat Systems program / / Christopher G. Pernin [et al.]

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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Arroyo Center
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Pernin, Christopher G., 1973-
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Arroyo Center
United States. Army
Place / Publishing House:Santa Monica, Ca : : RAND Corporation,, 2012.
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (372 pages) :; illustrations
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  • Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
  • "Prepared for the United States Army."
  • "MG-1206-A"--Page 4 of cover."
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 BFCS program management Contracts Technology choices and development in FCSSummary 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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