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WEA
PON
SYST
EMS
AM
ER
ICA
’S A
RM
Y:
TH
E S
TR
EN
GT
H O
F T
HE
NA
TIO
NT
M
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
How
to U
se th
is B
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Intr
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Wea
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2.75
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mily
of R
ocke
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Abra
ms
Upgr
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.18
Adva
nced
Fie
ld A
rtill
ery
Tact
ical
Dat
a Sy
stem
(AFA
TDS)
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Aeria
l Com
mon
Sen
sor
(ACS
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Air
War
rior
(AW
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4
Air/
Mis
sile
Def
ense
Pla
nnin
g an
d Co
ntro
l Sys
tem
(AM
DPC
S)...
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6
Airb
orne
Rec
onna
issa
nce
Low
(ARL
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8
All T
erra
in L
ifter
Arm
y Sy
stem
(ATL
AS).
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Arm
ored
Kni
ght
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..32
Arm
ored
Sec
urity
Veh
icle
(ASV
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4
Arm
y Ke
y M
anag
emen
t Sys
tem
(AKM
S)...
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Artil
lery
Am
mun
ition
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Avia
tion
Com
bine
d Ar
ms
Tact
ical
Tra
iner
(AVC
ATT)
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.....4
0
Batt
le C
omm
and
Sust
ainm
ent S
uppo
rt S
yste
m (
BCS3
)....
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Biom
etric
Ent
erpr
ise
Core
Cap
abili
ty (
BECC
) ....
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....4
4
Biom
etric
Fam
ily o
f Cap
abili
ties
for
Full
Spec
trum
Ope
ratio
ns (
BFCF
SO)..
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..46
Blac
k Ha
wk/
UH-6
0....
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Brad
ley
Upgr
ade
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.50
Calib
ratio
n Se
ts E
quip
men
t (CA
LSET
S)...
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..52
Chem
ical
Bio
logi
cal M
edic
al S
yste
ms–
Dia
gnos
tics
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.....5
4
Chem
ical
Bio
logi
cal M
edic
al S
yste
ms–
Prop
hyla
xis
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.....5
6
Chem
ical
Bio
logi
cal M
edic
al S
yste
ms–
Ther
apeu
tics
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...58
Chem
ical
Bio
logi
cal P
rote
ctiv
e Sh
elte
r (C
BPS)
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Chem
ical
Dem
ilita
rizat
ion
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Chin
ook/
CH-4
7 Im
prov
ed C
argo
Hel
icop
ter
(ICH
)....
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4
Clos
e Co
mba
t Tac
tical
Tra
iner
(CCT
T)...
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...66
Com
bat S
ervi
ce S
uppo
rt C
omm
unic
atio
ns (C
SS C
omm
s)...
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.....6
8
Com
man
d Po
st S
yste
ms
and
Inte
grat
ion
(CPS
&I).
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.70
Com
mon
Har
dwar
e Sy
stem
s (C
HS)
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2
Com
mon
Rem
otel
y O
pera
ted
Wea
pon
Stat
ion
(CRO
WS)
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....7
4
Coun
ter-
Rock
et, A
rtill
ery
and
Mor
tar
(C-R
AM)..
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6
Coun
term
ine.
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.78
Def
ense
Ent
erpr
ise
Wid
eban
d SA
TCO
M S
yste
ms
(DEW
SS).
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.....8
0
Dis
trib
uted
Com
mon
Gro
und
Syst
em (D
CGS–
Arm
y)...
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Dis
trib
uted
Lea
rnin
g Sy
stem
(DLS
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Dry
Sup
port
Brid
ge (D
SB).
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.....8
6
Early
Infa
ntry
Brig
ade
Com
bat T
eam
(E-
IBCT
) Cap
abili
ties
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Exca
libur
(XM
982)
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.....9
2
Exte
nded
Ran
ge M
ultip
urpo
se (
ERM
P) U
nman
ned
Airc
raft
Syst
em (
UAS)
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...94
Fam
ily o
f Med
ium
Tac
tical
Veh
icle
s (F
MTV
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Fixe
d W
ing
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8
Forc
e Pr
otec
tion
Syst
ems
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00
Forc
e Pr
ovid
er (
FP).
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.102
Forc
e XX
I Bat
tle C
omm
and
Brig
ade-
and-
Belo
w (
FBCB
2)...
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....1
04
Forw
ard
Area
Air
Def
ense
Com
man
d an
d Co
ntro
l (FA
AD C
2)...
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06
Futu
re T
ank
Mai
n Gu
n Am
mun
ition
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...10
8
Gene
ral F
und
Ente
rpris
e Bu
sine
ss S
yste
ms
(GFE
BS).
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Glob
al C
omba
t Sup
port
Sys
tem
–Arm
y (G
CSS–
Arm
y)...
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...11
2
Glob
al C
omm
and
and
Cont
rol S
yste
m–A
rmy
(GCC
S–A)
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...11
4
Grou
nd S
oldi
er S
yste
m (G
SS)..
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6
Guar
drai
l Com
mon
Sen
sor
(GR
/CS)
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8
Tabl
e of
Con
tent
s
II
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Guid
ed M
ultip
le L
aunc
h Ro
cket
Sys
tem
(GM
LRS)
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Heav
y Ex
pand
ed M
obili
ty T
actic
al T
ruck
(H
EMTT
)/H
EMTT
Exte
nded
Serv
ice
Prog
ram
(ESP
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Heav
y Lo
ader
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....1
24
HEL
LFIR
E Fa
mily
of M
issi
les
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Helm
et M
ount
ed E
nhan
ced
Visi
on D
evic
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.128
High
Mob
ility
Art
iller
y Ro
cket
Sys
tem
(H
IMAR
S)...
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....1
30
High
Mob
ility
Eng
inee
r Ex
cava
tor
(HM
EE).
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....1
32
High
Mob
ility
Mul
tipur
pose
Whe
eled
Veh
icle
(H
MM
WV)
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...13
4
Impr
oved
Rib
bon
Brid
ge (
IRB
)....
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Impr
oved
Tar
get A
cqui
sitio
n Sy
stem
(IT
AS)..
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.138
Inst
alla
tion
Prot
ectio
n Pr
ogra
m (
IPP)
Fam
ily o
f Sys
tem
s....
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....1
40
Inst
rum
enta
ble–
Mul
tiple
Inte
grat
ed L
aser
Eng
agem
ent S
yste
m (
I–M
ILES
)....
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142
Inte
grat
ed A
ir an
d M
issi
le D
efen
se (
IAM
D) .
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..14
4
Inte
grat
ed F
amily
of T
est E
quip
men
t (IF
TE)..
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.146
Inte
rcep
tor
Body
Arm
or...
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.....
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Jave
lin...
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150
Join
t Air-
to-G
roun
d M
issi
le (J
AGM
)....
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....1
52
Join
t Bio
logi
cal P
oint
Det
ectio
n Sy
stem
(JBP
DS)
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154
Join
t Bio
logi
cal S
tand
off D
etec
tion
Syst
em (J
BSD
S)...
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....1
56
Join
t Car
go A
ircra
ft (J
CA).
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...15
8
Join
t Che
m/B
io C
over
all f
or C
omba
t Veh
icle
Cre
wm
an (J
C3).
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Join
t Che
mic
al A
gent
Det
ecto
r (J
CAD
).....
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Join
t Che
mic
al B
iolo
gica
l Rad
iolo
gica
l Age
nt W
ater
Mon
itor
(JCB
RAW
M).
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Join
t Eff
ects
Mod
el (J
EM).
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...16
6
Join
t Hig
h Sp
eed
Vess
el (J
HSV
)....
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...16
8
Join
t Lan
d At
tack
Cru
ise
Mis
sile
Def
ense
Ele
vate
d N
ette
dSe
nsor
Syst
em(J
LEN
S) .
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....1
70
Join
t Lan
d Co
mpo
nent
Con
stru
ctiv
e Tr
aini
ng C
apab
ility
(JLC
CTC
)....
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.172
Join
t Lig
ht T
actic
al V
ehic
le (J
LTV)
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....1
74
Join
t Nuc
lear
Bio
logi
cal C
hem
ical
Rec
onna
issa
nce
Syst
em (J
NBC
RS).
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....1
76
Join
t Pre
cisi
on A
irdro
p Sy
stem
(JPA
DS)
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.178
Join
t Ser
vice
Gen
eral
Pur
pose
Mas
k (J
SGPM
)....
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Join
t Ser
vice
Per
sonn
el/S
kin
Dec
onta
min
atio
n Sy
stem
(JSP
DS)
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..18
2
Join
t Ser
vice
Tra
nspo
rtab
le D
econ
tam
inat
ion
Syst
em (J
STD
S)–S
mal
l Sca
le (S
S)18
4
Join
t Tac
tical
Gro
und
Stat
ions
(JTA
GS)
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...18
6
Join
t Tac
tical
Rad
io S
yste
m A
irbor
ne, M
ariti
me/
Fixe
d St
atio
n (J
TRS
AMF)
......
....1
88
Join
t Tac
tical
Rad
io S
yste
m G
roun
d M
obile
Rad
ios
(JTR
S G
MR
)....
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....1
90
Join
t Tac
tical
Rad
io S
yste
m H
andh
eld,
Man
pack
, and
Smal
lFor
mFi
t(J
TRS
HM
S)
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...19
2
Join
t Tac
tical
Rad
io S
yste
m N
etw
ork
Ente
rpris
e D
omai
n (J
TRS
NED
).....
......
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..19
4
Join
t War
ning
and
Rep
ortin
g N
etw
ork
(JW
ARN
)....
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....1
96
Kiow
a W
arrio
r....
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.....
198
Ligh
t Tac
tical
Tra
iler
(LTT
)....
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.....2
00
Ligh
t Util
ity H
elic
opte
r (L
UH)/
UH-7
2A L
akot
a....
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..202
Ligh
twei
ght 1
55m
m H
owitz
er (
LW15
5)...
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......
204
Ligh
twei
ght .
50 c
al M
achi
ne G
un...
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..206
Ligh
twei
ght L
aser
Des
igna
tor
Rang
e Fi
nder
(LL
DR
)....
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....2
08
Line
Hau
l Tra
ctor
......
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.....
210
Load
Han
dlin
g Sy
stem
Com
patib
le W
ater
Tan
k Ra
ck (
Hipp
o)...
......
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....2
12
Long
bow
Apa
che.
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....2
14
Man
euve
r Co
ntro
l Sys
tem
(MCS
) ....
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......
.216
Med
ical
Com
mun
icat
ions
for
Com
bat C
asua
lty C
are
(MC4
)....
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.....
218
Med
ical
Sim
ulat
ion
Trai
ning
Cen
ter (
MST
C).
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.220
Med
ium
Cal
iber
Am
mun
ition
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222
Med
ium
Ext
ende
d Ai
r D
efen
se S
yste
m (M
EAD
S)...
......
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....2
24
Met
eoro
logi
cal M
easu
ring
Set–
Prof
iler
(MM
S–P)
......
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......
226
Min
e Pr
otec
tion
Vehi
cle
Fam
ily (M
PVF)
......
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...22
8III
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
PROV
IDIN
G W
ARFI
GHTE
RS W
ITH
THE
DECI
SIVE
EDGE
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
101
“AS
COM
MAN
DER-
IN-C
HIEF
, I W
ILL
DOW
HATE
VER
IT T
AKES
TO
DEFE
NDTH
E AM
ERIC
AN P
EOPL
E, W
HICH
ISW
HY I’
VE IN
CREA
SED
FUND
ING
FOR
THE
BEST
MIL
ITAR
Y IN
THE
HIS
TORY
OF
THE
WOR
LD. W
E’LL
CONT
INUE
TO M
AKE
NEW
INVE
STM
ENTS
IN 2
1ST
CENT
URY
CAPA
BILI
TIES
TO
MEE
T NE
WCH
ALLE
NGES
. AND
WE
WIL
LAL
WAY
SGI
VE O
UR M
EN A
NDW
OMEN
IN
UNIF
ORM
THE
EQU
IPM
ENT
AND
THE
SUPP
ORT
THAT
THE
Y NE
ED T
O GE
T TH
E JO
BDO
NE.”
PRES
IDEN
T BA
RACK
OBAM
AM
AY 2
2, 2
009
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
2 UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
2
PROV
IDIN
G W
ARFI
GHTE
RSW
ITH
THE
DECI
SIVE
EDGE
Our
mis
sion
is t
o ef
fect
ivel
y an
d ef
ficie
ntly
dev
elop
, ac
quir
e, fi
eld,
and
sus
tain
mat
erie
l by
leve
ragi
ng d
omes
tic
and
inte
rnat
iona
l, or
gani
c, a
nd c
omm
erci
al t
echn
olog
ies
and
capa
bilit
ies
to m
eet
the
Arm
y’s
curr
ent
and
futu
re
mis
sion
req
uire
men
ts. O
ur v
isio
n is
cle
ar: T
oeq
uip
and
sust
ain
the
wor
ld’s
mos
t ca
pabl
e, p
ower
ful,
and
re
spec
ted
Arm
y.
The
Arm
y’s
abil
ity
to a
chie
ve t
his
visi
on r
ests
on
the
wor
ldw
ide
in s
uppo
rt o
f our
Sol
dier
s. T
he m
en a
nd w
omen
w
ho m
ake
up t
his
wor
kfor
ce s
erve
und
er t
he d
irec
tion
of 1
1 P
rogr
am E
xecu
tive
Offi
ces,
tw
o Jo
int
Pro
gram
Exe
cuti
ve
Offi
ces,
sev
en D
eput
y A
ssis
tant
Sec
reta
ries
, one
Dep
uty
for
Acq
uisi
tion
and
Sys
tem
s M
anag
emen
t, t
hree
Dir
ect
Rep
orti
ng U
nits
, and
sev
eral
maj
or s
ubor
dina
te c
omm
ands
of
the
U.S
. Arm
y M
ater
iel C
omm
and.
The
se p
rofe
ssio
nals
per
form
a w
ide
rang
e of
re
spon
sibi
litie
s w
hich
incl
ude:
res
earc
h an
d de
velo
pmen
t;
prog
ram
man
agem
ent;
con
trac
ting
; and
sys
tem
s en
gine
erin
g. T
hey
also
dev
elop
and
ove
rsee
Arm
y-w
ide
polic
y fo
r pr
ocur
emen
t, lo
gist
ics,
che
mic
al w
eapo
ns
dest
ruct
ion
and
dem
ilit
ariz
atio
n, s
cien
ce a
nd t
echn
olog
y,
defe
nse
expo
rts
and
coop
erat
ion,
and
man
y ot
her
area
s.
To e
xped
ite
deliv
ery
of v
ital
war
fight
ing
syst
ems
and
serv
ices
, we
are
cont
inui
ng t
o im
prov
e ou
r ac
quis
itio
n pr
oces
ses.
At
the
sam
e ti
me,
we
are
deve
lopi
ng a
nd
inst
itut
iona
lizi
ng n
ew p
roce
sses
to
impr
ove
our
effe
ctiv
enes
s, e
ffici
ency
, tra
nspa
renc
y, c
olla
bora
tion
, and
ou
r ov
eral
l abi
lity
to r
apid
ly p
rocu
re t
he e
quip
men
t an
d
WAR
FIGH
TERS
: OUR
FOC
USS
oldi
ers…
War
figh
ters
…ar
e th
e he
art
of e
very
thin
g w
e do
. The
y ar
e ov
er a
mil
lion
stro
ng—
men
and
wom
en,
now
hav
e a
gene
rati
on o
f Sol
dier
s no
t se
en in
ove
r 30
ye
ars:
har
dene
d by
bat
tle,
str
engt
hene
d by
sac
rific
e,
and
reso
lved
to
defe
at t
he e
nem
ies
of o
ur N
atio
n.
Em
body
ing
the
stre
ngth
of t
he N
atio
n, t
hey
wil
l fac
e a
dang
erou
s, u
ncer
tain
ope
rati
onal
env
iron
men
t fo
r th
e fo
rese
eabl
efu
ture
.
As
we
tran
siti
on fr
om m
ajor
ope
rati
ons
in I
raq
to
Afg
hani
stan
, whi
le fa
cing
com
plex
glo
bal c
halle
nges
grow
s in
impo
rtan
ce a
nd m
agni
tude
. The
sys
tem
s an
d pl
atfo
rms
desc
ribe
d in
the
Arm
y’s
Wea
pon
Syst
ems
2010
prog
ram
s w
e cu
rren
tly
man
age
are
desc
ribe
d in
thi
s ha
ndbo
ok. T
hese
pro
gram
s en
able
the
Arm
y to
equ
ip,
rese
t, a
nd m
oder
nize
the
forc
e. F
or t
his
reas
on, t
hey
repr
esen
t ou
r hi
ghes
t pr
iori
ty s
yste
ms
and
plat
form
s.
In a
ddit
ion,
you
wil
l find
des
crip
tion
s of
cri
tica
l joi
nt
prog
ram
s, a
s w
ell a
s bu
sine
ss in
form
atio
n te
chno
logy
sy
stem
s (w
hich
are
impr
ovin
g tr
ansp
aren
cy; s
hari
ng o
f re
liab
le, a
utho
rita
tive
dat
a; e
ffici
ency
; and
the
ove
rall
ef
fect
iven
ess
of t
he D
epar
tmen
t of
the
Arm
y).
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
2
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
103
STRA
TEGI
C CO
NTEX
TSe
vera
l fac
tors
com
bine
to
crea
te t
he c
onte
xt in
whi
ch w
e ar
e ac
com
plis
hing
our
mis
sion
:
OBJE
CTIV
E RE
ALIT
Y OF
WAR
Am
eric
a’s
Arm
y is
the
Str
engt
h of
the
Nat
ion.
Dep
loye
d on
com
bat
in t
wo
thea
ters
and
in o
ther
ope
rati
ons
in m
any
regi
ons.
Our
ope
rati
onal
dem
ands
and
hig
h pe
rson
nel
tem
po o
utpa
ce o
ur a
bilit
y to
full
y re
stor
e re
adin
ess
acro
ss
the
Arm
y.
STRA
TEGI
C UN
CERT
AINT
Y
In t
he y
ears
ahe
ad, t
he U
nite
d St
ates
wil
l con
tinu
e to
fa
ce u
nant
icip
ated
str
ateg
ic c
halle
nges
to
our
nati
onal
se
curi
ty a
nd t
he c
olle
ctiv
e se
curi
ty o
f our
inte
rnat
iona
l pa
rtne
rs. T
hese
cha
lleng
es w
ill o
ccur
in m
any
form
s an
d w
ill b
e w
aged
acr
oss
the
spec
trum
of c
onfli
ct—
rang
ing
from
pea
cefu
l com
peti
tion
to
chal
leng
es p
osed
by
hybr
id
thre
ats
to w
arti
me
cont
inge
ncy
scen
ario
s of
var
ying
sca
le
and
com
plex
ity.
In
addi
tion
, the
Nat
ion
may
be
enga
ged
in s
imul
tane
ous
mil
itar
y op
erat
ions
in a
ll o
pera
tion
al
dom
ains
: lan
d, s
ea, a
ir, s
pace
, and
cybe
rspa
ce.
FISC
AL C
ONST
RAIN
T AN
D AC
QUIS
ITIO
N EX
CELL
ENCE
in a
n in
crea
sing
ly c
onst
rain
ed fi
scal
env
iron
men
t. O
ur
effo
rts
wil
l rem
ain
high
ly v
isib
le a
nd a
sub
ject
of n
atio
nal
mus
t fu
lly
inst
itut
iona
lize
its
cont
inuo
us p
roce
ss
impr
ovem
ent
init
iati
ves
to o
btai
n gr
eate
r ef
fect
iven
ess
and
effic
ienc
ies—
whi
le e
mbr
acin
g th
e te
nets
of A
cqui
siti
on
Ref
orm
and
enh
anci
ng t
he o
vera
ll c
apac
ity
and
capa
bilit
y of
our
acq
uisi
tion
pro
fess
iona
ls.
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
103
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
4 UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
4 UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
4
UPGR
ADE
AND
MOD
ERNI
ZE S
ELEC
TED
SYST
EMS
TO B
EST
PREP
ARE
SOLD
IERS
FOR
COM
BAT
Our
obj
ecti
ve is
to
ensu
re t
hat
ever
y So
ldie
r, in
eve
ry t
heat
er,
rece
ives
the
pro
per
type
and
am
ount
of e
quip
men
t ne
eded
to
our
old
tier
ed r
eadi
ness
app
roac
h—w
hich
res
ulte
d in
som
e un
its
alw
ays
wel
l equ
ippe
d, o
ther
s le
ss e
quip
ped—
all b
ased
on
a s
tati
c M
aste
r P
rior
itie
s L
ist.
The
goa
l of e
nsur
ing
that
ev
ery
Sold
ier
and
ever
y un
it h
ave
all o
f the
ir e
quip
men
t al
l of
the
tim
e is
nei
ther
ach
ieva
ble
nor
requ
ired
. Ins
tead
, we
are
“equ
ippi
ng t
o m
issi
on,”
as
we
have
bee
n do
ing
for
som
e ye
ars
now
. To
prov
ide
trai
ned,
rea
dy fo
rces
to
the
com
bata
nt
com
man
ders
, we
wor
k to
ens
ure
that
our
Sol
dier
s ha
ve t
he
equi
pmen
t th
ey n
eed,
in t
he r
ight
am
ount
and
at
the
righ
t le
vel o
f mod
erni
zati
on, t
o ac
com
plis
h th
eir
mis
sion
s—w
heth
er
in c
omba
t…tr
aini
ng fo
r co
mba
t…pr
epar
ing
unit
s fo
r co
mba
t vi
a ou
r G
ener
atin
g Fo
rce…
supp
orti
ng c
ivil
ian
auth
orit
ies…
or
secu
ring
the
hom
elan
d.
netw
orke
d or
gani
zati
ons,
ope
rati
ng o
n a
rota
tion
al c
ycle
, to
pro
vide
a s
usta
ined
flow
of t
rain
ed a
nd r
eady
forc
es fo
r fu
ll s
pect
rum
ope
rati
ons
and
to h
edge
aga
inst
une
xpec
ted
cont
inge
ncie
s at
a s
usta
inab
le t
empo
for
our
All-
Volu
ntee
r
rese
arch
and
dev
elop
men
t ba
se t
o im
prov
e ou
r cu
rren
t ca
pabi
litie
s, w
hile
leve
ragi
ng w
hat
we
have
lear
ned
duri
ng
thre
e br
oad
goal
s:
ENAB
LING
ARM
YM
ODER
NIZA
TION
GOA
LS
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
105
INCO
RPOR
ATE
NEW
TECH
NOLO
GIES
INTO
OUR
BRIG
ADE
COM
BAT
TEAM
S
tech
nolo
gies
dev
elop
ed t
hrou
gh F
utur
e C
omba
t Sy
stem
s re
sear
ch a
nd d
evel
opm
ent
to a
ll o
ur B
riga
de C
omba
t Te
ams
(and
oth
er p
rior
ity
com
bat
form
atio
ns),
rat
her
than
focu
sing
pr
imar
ily o
n pr
oduc
ing
uniq
ue c
apab
ilit
ies
for
a sm
all s
et o
f
field
the
se k
ey t
echn
olog
ies
(des
crib
ed in
thi
s ha
ndbo
ok)
to
sele
cted
Bri
gade
Com
bat
Team
s in
201
1. T
hese
tec
hnol
ogie
s li
nk m
anne
d sy
stem
s, u
nman
ned
syst
ems,
sen
sors
, and
m
unit
ions
thr
ough
the
use
of t
he in
tegr
ated
com
mun
icat
ions
N
etw
ork
we
are
build
ing.
KEY
TECH
NOLO
GIES
INCL
UDE:
Inte
rcep
tor
Bod
y A
rmor
(Se
e pa
ge 1
48)
Non
Lin
e of
Sig
ht-L
aunc
h Sy
stem
(N
LO
S-L
S)
Tact
ical
Una
tten
ded
Gro
und
Sens
ors
(T-U
GS
) an
d(U
-UG
S)
(See
pag
e 90
)
Smal
l Unm
anne
d G
roun
d Ve
hicl
e (S
UG
V)
Blo
ck 1
(See
pag
e 90
)
Clas
s I
Unm
anne
d A
eria
l Veh
icle
(CL
I U
AV
)(S
ee p
ages
90,
324
)
BETT
ER E
NABL
EAL
L OF
OUR
FOR
MAT
IONS
THR
OUGH
CONT
INUO
US U
PGRA
DES
AND
MOD
ERNI
ZATI
ON
cons
isti
ng o
f ove
r 30
0 br
igad
es (
both
Bri
gade
Com
bat
Team
s an
d Su
ppor
t B
riga
des)
—to
incr
ease
the
dep
th a
nd b
read
th
to b
uild
a m
ore
vers
atile
, mor
e re
adily
dep
loya
ble
mix
of
netw
orke
d fo
rmat
ions
to
bett
er le
vera
ge m
obil
ity,
pro
tect
ion,
in
form
atio
n, a
nd p
reci
sion
fire
s to
impr
ove
our
oper
atio
nal
effe
ctiv
enes
s. A
cros
s th
e fo
rce,
we
are
also
con
tinu
ing
mod
ular
con
vers
ion
(to
com
plet
e ou
r co
nver
sion
from
a
divi
sion
-bas
ed t
o a
brig
ade-
base
d A
rmy)
, reb
alan
cing
the
si
ze a
nd c
apab
ilit
ies
of o
ur a
ctiv
e an
d re
serv
e co
mpo
nent
s,
and
stab
iliz
ing
peop
le in
uni
ts fo
r lo
nger
per
iods
of t
ime.
and
the
full
spe
ctru
m o
f cha
lleng
es o
ur S
oldi
ers
wil
l fa
ce w
hile
con
duct
ing
offe
nsiv
e, d
efen
sive
, and
sta
bilit
y op
erat
ions
sim
ulta
neou
sly.
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
6 UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
6
STRA
TEGI
C DI
RECT
ION
guid
e th
e ef
fort
s of
the
acq
uisi
tion
com
mun
ity
to a
chie
ve
our
mis
sion
, rea
lize
our
vis
ion,
and
ena
ble
the
Arm
y’s
broa
d m
oder
niza
tion
goa
ls. T
hese
init
iati
ves
prov
ide
the
endu
ring
, uni
fyin
g fo
cus
for
our
colle
ctiv
e ef
fort
.
DELI
VER
MAT
ERIE
LAN
D SE
RVIC
ESNE
EDED
TO
PROV
IDE
WAR
FIGH
TERS
WIT
H TH
E DE
CISI
VE E
DGE
To u
nder
wri
te o
ur a
bilit
y to
acc
ompl
ish
Nat
iona
l Sec
urit
y,
Nat
iona
l Def
ense
, and
Nat
iona
l Mil
itar
y st
rate
gic
this
pur
pose
thr
ough
the
eff
ort
and
inno
vati
on o
f our
m
ilit
ary
and
civi
lian
wor
kfor
ce a
nd o
ur c
olle
ctiv
e ab
ilit
y to
pla
n, p
rogr
am, a
nd e
xecu
te o
ur a
cqui
siti
on p
rogr
ams
rapi
dly
and
flexi
bly
to t
ime-
sens
itiv
e re
quir
emen
ts.
At
the
sam
e ti
me,
we
are
com
plyi
ng fu
lly
wit
h et
hica
l st
anda
rds
of c
ondu
ct a
nd t
he la
ws
that
cre
ate
the
cont
ext
for
our
resp
onsi
bilit
ies,
rel
atio
nshi
ps, a
nd fi
scal
and
en
viro
nmen
tal s
tew
ards
hip
requ
irem
ents
.
To e
nabl
e th
e ac
com
plis
hmen
t of
our
vit
al m
issi
on, w
e
mus
t fu
lly
leve
rage
the
ski
lls
and
capa
bilit
ies
of o
ur
prof
essi
onal
wor
kfor
ce a
nd s
tren
gthe
n co
llab
orat
ion
wit
h ou
r ke
y pa
rtne
rs a
nd s
take
hold
ers
to p
erfo
rm e
ffec
tive
, ef
ficie
nt li
fe c
ycle
func
tion
s fo
r de
sign
, dev
elop
men
t,
depl
oym
ent,
sus
tain
men
t, a
nd o
ther
are
as.
Thi
s in
itia
tive
is o
vera
rchi
ng. I
t su
ppor
ts a
nd is
ena
bled
by
the
follo
win
g in
itia
tive
s.
LEVE
RAGE
THE
FUL
LPO
TENT
IAL
OFTE
CHNO
LOGY
TO
EMPO
WER
SOL
DIER
S
The
Am
eric
an S
oldi
er—
the
mos
t po
tent
of o
ur N
atio
n’s
the
tech
nolo
gica
l sup
erio
rity
of o
ur S
oldi
ers
by c
reat
ing
unpr
eced
ente
d ca
pabi
litie
s fo
r th
em. U
nder
pinn
ing
this
impe
rati
ve is
a r
obus
t, d
ynam
ic A
rmy
Scie
nce
and
Tech
nolo
gy c
omm
unit
y—of
peo
ple
and
labo
rato
ries
—th
at
seek
s to
ach
ieve
rad
ical
sci
enti
fic a
nd t
echn
olog
ical
br
eakt
hrou
ghs
to e
nsur
e ou
r So
ldie
rs m
aint
ain
a de
cisi
ve
edge
ove
r ou
r en
emie
s.
The
Arm
y’s
scie
ntis
ts, e
ngin
eers
, and
inte
grat
ed p
rodu
ct
team
s of
acq
uisi
tion
pro
fess
iona
ls h
ave
been
at
the
fore
fron
t in
ada
ptin
g te
chno
logy
for
urge
nt o
pera
tion
al
as e
xem
plifi
ed b
y th
e ne
wly
fiel
ded
Fir
st S
trik
e R
atio
n,
com
bat
food
rat
ion
carr
ied
by S
oldi
ers
duri
ng in
itia
l pe
riod
s of
hig
h in
tens
ity
confl
ict.
Our
sci
enti
sts
and
engi
neer
s co
ntin
uous
ly h
arve
st
mat
erie
l sol
utio
ns fr
om p
ast
inve
stm
ents
, suc
h as
the
de
velo
pmen
t of
min
e de
tect
ion
grou
nd p
enet
rati
ng r
adar
te
chno
logy
. The
y al
so p
rovi
de e
xtra
ordi
nary
tec
hnic
al
expe
rtis
e w
hich
has
res
ulte
d in
the
dev
elop
men
t an
d in
tegr
atio
n of
tec
hnol
ogie
s su
ch a
s ne
w li
ghtw
eigh
t ar
mor
. T
his
arm
or h
as d
ram
atic
ally
enh
ance
d th
e su
rviv
abil
ity
of M
ine
Res
ista
nt A
mbu
sh P
rote
cted
and
oth
er c
omba
t ve
hicl
es in
the
face
of c
onst
antl
y ev
olvi
ng t
hrea
ts.
Suffi
cien
t, s
usta
ined
, and
pre
dict
able
inve
stm
ent
in
rese
arch
and
dev
elop
men
t an
d sc
ienc
e an
d te
chno
logy
is
need
ed t
o pr
ovid
e ou
r So
ldie
rs w
ith
the
deci
sive
edg
e.
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
107
CONT
INUA
LLY
IMPR
OVE
AND
ACHI
EVE
EXCE
LLEN
CEIN
OUR
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PROC
ESSE
S
Supp
orti
ng a
n A
rmy
at w
ar is
cri
tica
l, bo
th t
acti
call
y an
d st
rate
gica
lly.
Fro
m a
tac
tica
l sta
ndpo
int,
we
wor
k w
ith
our
join
t, in
tern
atio
nal,
and
indu
stry
par
tner
s to
pro
vide
th
e w
eapo
n sy
stem
s, s
oftw
are,
and
equ
ipm
ent
our
Sold
iers
ne
ed t
o ac
com
plis
h th
eir
mis
sion
s de
cisi
vely
. Str
ateg
ical
ly,
as w
e m
eet
ongo
ing
requ
irem
ents
, we
wor
k to
col
laps
e th
e ti
mel
ines
req
uire
d to
get
wea
pon
syst
ems
and
equi
pmen
t to
our
Sol
dier
s. O
ur g
oal i
s to
com
pres
s th
e co
ncep
t-to
-co
mba
t cy
cle
to b
est
mee
t So
ldie
rs’ n
eeds
.
To e
nhan
ce t
he v
alue
and
rel
evan
ce o
f our
pro
duct
s an
d se
rvic
es, w
e ar
e co
ntin
uall
y re
view
ing
our
inte
rnal
pr
oces
ses
and
proc
edur
es a
nd s
tren
gthe
ning
our
inte
rnal
exce
llenc
e by
rei
nfor
cing
our
his
tory
as
good
ste
war
ds
of t
axpa
yer
doll
ars
and
rem
aini
ng a
ccou
ntab
le t
o C
ongr
ess,
the
Pre
side
nt, t
he A
mer
ican
Pub
lic—
and
our
prog
ress
in t
wo
key
area
s—hu
man
cap
ital
enr
ichm
ent
and
port
folio
inte
grat
ion—
to k
eep
our
Arm
y th
e w
orld
’s
pree
min
ent
land
pow
er.
gene
rate
d an
d su
ppor
ted
by 2
0th
Cen
tury
pro
cess
es. T
o m
eet
futu
re c
halle
nges
, we
mus
t ac
hiev
e a
high
leve
l of
con
tinu
ous,
mea
sura
ble
impr
ovem
ent
in o
ur c
ore
acqu
isit
ion
and
logi
stic
s bu
sine
ss p
roce
sses
. By
“tak
ing
wor
k ou
t” o
f our
pro
cess
es—
redu
cing
was
te in
all
its
form
s—w
e w
ill a
ccel
erat
e ou
r tr
ansf
orm
atio
n. I
n ad
diti
on,
in t
he fa
ce o
f dow
nwar
d fis
cal p
ress
ure,
we
wil
l con
tinu
e to
ena
ble
our
Arm
y to
bes
t di
rect
res
ourc
es t
o ou
r m
ost
com
pell
ing
war
tim
e ne
eds.
CONT
INUA
LLY
IMPR
OVE
OUR
CAPA
CITY
TO
DESI
GN,
DEVE
LOP,
DEL
IVER
, DOM
INAT
E—AN
D SU
STAI
N
syst
ems
and
plat
form
s—bo
th u
nder
dev
elop
men
t an
d in
su
stai
nmen
t—to
bes
t m
anag
e th
e re
sour
ce, s
ched
ulin
g,
impr
ovin
g ou
r co
ordi
nati
on a
cros
s pr
ogra
ms,
ove
r ti
me,
both
our
forc
e ge
nera
tion
and
pla
nnin
g, p
rogr
amm
ing,
and
bu
dget
ing
proc
esse
s.
capa
city
, to
rebu
ild a
nd r
evit
aliz
e ou
r G
over
nmen
tal
wor
kfor
ce o
f sys
tem
s en
gine
ers,
and
to
inte
grat
e th
ese
impr
ovem
ents
acr
oss
our
enti
re a
cqui
siti
on a
nd p
rogr
am
man
agem
ent
fram
ewor
k. T
o pr
ovid
e th
e sk
ill s
ets
need
ed t
o m
anag
e ou
r co
mpl
ex a
cqui
siti
on p
ortf
olio
as
a co
llab
orat
ive
team
, we
are
wor
king
to
attr
act
and
reta
in
the
fines
t sc
ient
ists
, eng
inee
rs, p
rogr
am m
anag
ers,
lo
gist
icia
ns, b
usin
ess,
and
con
trac
ting
pro
fess
iona
ls.
how
we
wor
k w
ith
the
Tra
inin
g an
d D
octr
ine
Com
man
d,
othe
r A
rmy
enti
ties
, and
com
bata
nt c
omm
ande
rs—
to
bett
er u
nder
stan
d, a
ntic
ipat
e, a
nd r
espo
nd t
o em
ergi
ng
requ
irem
ents
for
war
fight
ing
capa
bilit
ies.
The
pla
tfor
ms
and
syst
ems
in t
he U
.S. A
rmy
Wea
pon
Syst
ems
2010
han
dboo
k ar
e no
t st
and-
alon
e sy
stem
s.
Eac
h de
pend
s on
oth
er s
yste
ms
to p
rodu
ce c
apab
ilit
ies
syst
em o
f sys
tem
s po
rtfo
lio a
ppro
ach
to b
est
sync
hron
ize,
in
tegr
ate,
and
del
iver
the
cap
abil
itie
s ou
r de
ploy
ing
form
atio
ns n
eed
to a
ccom
plis
h th
eir
mis
sion
s. T
o re
aliz
e ou
r br
oade
r ob
ject
ives
for
impr
ovin
g sy
stem
s en
gine
erin
g,
we
are
exam
inin
g ea
ch o
f our
cor
e pr
oces
ses.
The
se
proc
esse
s in
clud
e: e
ngin
eeri
ng; a
cqui
siti
on p
rogr
am
man
agem
ent;
con
figur
atio
n m
anag
emen
t; t
esti
ng a
nd
valid
atio
n; fo
rce
inte
grat
ion;
and
pla
nnin
g, p
rogr
amm
ing,
an
d bu
dget
ing.
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
8 UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
8
The
Apa
che
Blo
ck I
II a
ttac
k he
licop
ter
prog
ram
ex
empl
ifies
the
com
plex
itie
s of
the
inte
rdep
ende
ncie
s w
e m
anag
e. T
he a
ttac
k he
licop
ter,
a s
yste
m in
itse
lf, i
s ac
tual
ly a
“sy
stem
of s
yste
ms.
” Fo
r th
is r
easo
n, P
rogr
am
Exe
cuti
ve O
ffice
(P
EO
) A
viat
ion
does
not
act
inde
pend
ently
to fi
eld
an a
ircr
aft.
In
fact
, its
eff
orts
are
who
lly
inte
rdep
ende
nt w
ith
othe
r P
EO
org
aniz
atio
ns. T
o fu
lly
field
an
d em
ploy
thi
s sy
stem
, thi
s si
ngle
PE
O m
ust
sync
hron
ize
its
effo
rts
wit
h m
any
othe
r P
EO
por
tfol
ios—
each
of w
hich
ha
s di
ffer
ent
deliv
ery
date
s fo
r th
e nu
mer
ous
prod
ucts
or
serv
ices
it p
rovi
des
to t
he A
rmy
or t
he Jo
int
Forc
e.
As
the
Apa
che
Inte
rope
rabi
lity
char
t to
the
rig
ht
depi
cts,
the
“sy
stem
of s
yste
ms”
kno
wn
as A
pach
e B
lock
III
req
uire
s in
tera
ctio
n w
ith
at le
ast
seve
n di
ffer
ent
cate
gori
es o
f pro
gram
s an
d pl
atfo
rms.
The
se
incl
ude
(beg
inni
ng a
t th
e le
ft o
f the
dia
gram
and
w
orki
ng c
lock
wis
e): (
1) G
roun
d; (
2) A
ir; (
3) S
uppo
rtin
g;
and
(7)
Inte
llig
ence
, Sur
veil
lanc
e, a
ndR
econ
nais
sanc
e.
In p
ract
ical
ter
ms,
thi
s m
eans
tha
t, a
mon
g ot
hers
, PE
O
Avi
atio
n m
ust
wor
k cl
osel
y w
ith
all o
f the
11
ASA
(ALT
) P
EO
s an
d tw
o Jo
int
PE
Os,
eac
h of
who
m a
re r
espo
nsib
le
for
the
tim
ing
of a
ran
ge o
f pro
gram
s, s
ome
of w
hich
ar
e de
pict
ed h
ere.
In
sum
, fiel
ding
an
atta
ck h
elic
opte
r re
quir
es a
“sy
stem
s of
sys
tem
s” a
ppro
ach
to e
nsur
e th
at t
he h
elic
opte
r is
abl
e to
: int
erac
t w
ith
grou
nd, a
ir,
tran
spor
ting
, and
hos
ting
pla
tfor
ms;
em
ploy
its
onbo
ard
wea
pons
sys
tem
s; r
ecei
ve it
s su
pply
and
res
uppl
y of
am
mun
itio
n; c
omm
unic
ate
(thr
ough
voi
ce, d
igit
al,
sate
llit
e, a
nd o
ther
mea
ns);
and
rec
eive
and
tra
nsm
it
imag
ery,
pos
itio
n lo
cati
ng, a
nd in
tell
igen
cein
form
atio
n.
Ach
ievi
ng e
xcel
lenc
e in
acq
uisi
tion
als
o in
volv
es
dem
onst
rati
ng c
onti
nuou
s st
ewar
dshi
p an
d su
perb
m
anag
emen
t of
hig
hly
sens
itiv
e an
d vi
sibl
e pr
ogra
ms
for
whi
ch w
e ha
ve e
xecu
tive
age
nt a
utho
rity
, suc
h as
the
N
atio
n’s
chem
ical
wea
pons
dis
posa
l pro
gram
.
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
109
Prog
ram
/Pla
tfor
m
KEY
TO A
CRON
YMS
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
10 UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
10
The
U.S
. Arm
y Ch
emic
al M
ater
ials
Age
ncy
(CM
A),
us
ing
acqu
isit
ion
proc
esse
s as
its
base
line
, wor
ks w
ith
priv
ate
indu
stry
, aca
dem
ia, a
nd o
ther
inte
rest
ed p
olic
y an
d en
viro
nmen
tal s
take
hold
ers
to e
lim
inat
e A
mer
ica’
s ob
sole
te c
hem
ical
wea
pons
. CM
A a
lso
resp
onds
to
disc
over
ies
of n
on-s
tock
pile
che
mic
al w
eapo
ns a
nd s
afel
y st
ores
tho
se w
eapo
ns u
ntil
thei
r di
spos
al. M
oreo
ver,
CM
A p
artn
ers
wit
h th
e Fe
dera
l Em
erge
ncy
Man
agem
ent
Age
ncy
to p
repa
re lo
cal c
omm
unit
ies
to d
eal w
ith
pote
ntia
l em
erge
ncie
s in
volv
ing
thos
e w
eapo
ns.
LEVE
RAGE
LES
SONS
LEA
RNED
TO
SUPP
ORT
THE
FULL
RANG
E OF
ARM
Y M
ODER
NIZA
TION
AND
EQUI
PPIN
GIN
ITIA
TIVE
S
The
Arm
y’s
endu
ring
mis
sion
is t
o pr
otec
t an
d de
fend
our
vi
tal s
ecur
ity
inte
rest
s an
d to
pro
vide
sup
port
to
civi
l au
thor
itie
s in
res
pons
e to
dom
esti
c em
erge
ncie
s. T
his
requ
ires
an
expe
diti
onar
y, c
ampa
ign
capa
ble
Arm
y ab
le
to d
omin
ate
acro
ss t
he fu
ll s
pect
rum
of c
onfli
ct, a
t an
y ti
me,
in a
ny e
nvir
onm
ent,
and
aga
inst
any
adv
ersa
ry—
for
exte
nded
per
iods
of t
ime.
To
supp
ort
this
req
uire
men
t,
we
are
cont
inua
lly
revi
ewin
g an
d ad
apti
ng o
ur s
truc
ture
, or
gani
zati
on, a
nd c
apab
ilit
ies.
As
an e
xam
ple,
we
are
appl
ying
the
less
ons
lear
ned
from
F
utur
e C
omba
t Sy
stem
s—th
e va
lue
of s
pin-
outs
and
in
crem
ents
, sys
tem
s of
sys
tem
s en
gine
erin
g, n
etw
orke
d op
erat
ions
, and
oth
ers—
to c
onti
nuou
sly
impr
ove
“how
w
e do
bus
ines
s” t
o su
ppor
t So
ldie
rs. J
ust
as t
he A
rmy
appl
ies
the
DO
TM
LP
F co
nstr
uct
(Doc
trin
e, O
rgan
izat
ion,
T
rain
ing,
Mat
erie
l, L
eade
rshi
p an
d E
duca
tion
, Per
sonn
el,
and
Faci
litie
s) t
o de
velo
p an
d ad
apt
its
oper
atio
nal
capa
bilit
ies,
we
appl
y th
is s
ame
cons
truc
t to
our
ac
quis
itio
n pr
oces
ses
to e
nabl
e us
to
evol
ve o
n pa
ce w
ith
To e
nhan
ce o
ur c
ontr
ibut
ions
, we
are
cont
inui
ng o
ur
effo
rts
to b
ring
the
Arm
y’s
acqu
isit
ion
and
sust
ainm
ent
com
mun
itie
s cl
oser
tog
ethe
r to
focu
s se
amle
ssly
on
the
enti
re li
fe c
ycle
of o
ur w
eapo
n sy
stem
s an
d eq
uipm
ent.
B
y st
reng
then
ing
coll
abor
atio
n am
ong
all p
artn
ers
and
stak
ehol
ders
, and
impl
emen
ting
num
erou
s im
prov
emen
ts
to o
ur li
fe c
ycle
man
agem
ent
proc
ess,
we
are
furn
ishi
ng
prod
ucts
to
Sold
iers
fast
er, m
akin
g go
od p
rodu
cts
bett
er,
and
redu
cing
cos
ts.
REBU
ILD
AND
REBA
LANC
E TH
E CA
PABI
LITY
OF
THE
ACQU
ISIT
ION
WOR
KFOR
CE
In t
he A
rmy,
our
peo
ple
are
our
mos
t im
port
ant
asse
t.
Dur
ing
the
last
dec
ade,
we
wit
ness
ed a
ste
ady
decl
ine
face
of a
war
tim
e w
orkl
oad
incr
easi
ng in
bot
h si
ze a
nd
com
plex
ity.
The
civ
ilia
n an
d m
ilit
ary
mem
bers
of o
ur
acqu
isit
ion
prof
essi
onal
s ar
e lo
cate
d in
our
PE
Os,
in
vari
ous
com
man
ds, a
nd in
oth
er o
rgan
izat
ions
acr
oss
the
Arm
y. D
urin
g 20
08, t
his
wor
kfor
ce m
anag
ed o
ver
one-
quar
ter
of e
very
Fed
eral
dol
lar
spen
t on
con
trac
ts.
Eve
ry d
ay, t
hey
mak
e a
dire
ct im
pact
on
the
prod
ucts
and
se
rvic
es w
e pr
ocur
e fo
r So
ldie
rs.
To b
ette
r su
ppor
t th
e A
rmy,
ena
ble
our
com
bata
nt
com
man
ders
, and
alle
viat
e th
e st
ress
of d
oing
mor
e w
ith
less
, we
are
rebu
ildin
g (g
row
ing)
and
reb
alan
cing
(a
ligni
ng t
he r
ight
ski
lls
to t
he w
ork)
the
Arm
y
the
prop
osed
Fis
cal Y
ear
2010
Def
ense
Bud
get,
Sec
reta
ry
of D
efen
se R
ober
t M
. Gat
es s
aid,
“th
is b
udge
t w
ill…
conv
erti
ng 1
1,00
0 co
ntra
ctor
s to
full-
tim
e go
vern
men
t em
ploy
ees,
and
hir
ing
9,00
0 m
ore
gove
rnm
ent
acqu
isit
ion
is c
lear
: to
ensu
re t
he D
epar
tmen
t of
Def
ense
is w
ell
posi
tion
ed t
o pr
oduc
e be
st v
alue
for
the
Am
eric
an
taxp
ayer
and
for
the
Sold
iers
, Sai
lors
, Air
men
, and
M
arin
es w
ho d
epen
d on
the
wea
pons
, pro
duct
s, a
nd
serv
ices
we
buy.
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
1011
The
obj
ecti
ves
of t
he g
row
th s
trat
egy
are
to: r
ebal
ance
th
e ac
quis
itio
n to
tal f
orce
; gro
w t
he G
over
nmen
t
acqu
isit
ion
capa
bilit
ies
and
capa
citi
es; i
mpr
ove
defe
nse
acqu
isit
ion
over
sigh
t; c
lose
wor
kfor
ce g
aps;
str
ateg
ical
ly
resh
ape
acqu
isit
ion
trai
ning
; and
tar
get
ince
ntiv
es
prop
erly
res
ourc
e th
is g
row
th. B
y th
e en
d of
Fis
cal Y
ear
civi
lian
acq
uisi
tion
em
ploy
ees.
dire
cted
the
est
ablis
hmen
t of
the
Def
ense
Acq
uisi
tion
Def
ense
Dep
artm
ent
to b
ette
r re
crui
t, h
ire,
dev
elop
, re
cogn
ize,
and
ret
ain
its
acqu
isit
ion
wor
kfor
ce. T
he A
rmy
is b
uild
ing
and
exec
utin
g a
prog
ram
of n
earl
y $1
bil
lion
focu
sed
on: h
irin
g ac
quis
itio
n in
tern
s, jo
urne
ymen
, and
hi
ghly
qua
lifie
d ex
pert
s; o
ffer
ing
new
edu
cati
on, t
rain
ing,
an
d de
velo
pmen
tal p
rogr
ams;
and
fund
ing
reco
gnit
ion
and
rete
ntio
n in
cent
ives
. The
se in
itia
tive
s ar
e he
lpin
g us
to
enha
nce
the
over
all s
tatu
re, d
evel
opm
ent,
and
pr
ofes
sion
alis
m o
f tho
se w
ho fi
ll o
ur r
anks
.
As
we
wor
k to
reb
uild
and
reb
alan
ce t
he fo
rce,
we
are
also
st
reng
then
ing
the
uniq
ue id
enti
ty o
f our
Arm
y A
cqui
siti
on
to in
stit
utio
nali
ze C
onti
ngen
cy C
ontr
acti
ng a
s a
core
com
pete
ncy—
to b
ette
r pr
ovid
e th
e A
rmy-
wid
e pr
ogra
m
man
agem
ent
and
logi
stic
s sk
ills
nee
ded
in e
xped
itio
nary
op
erat
ions
.
IMPR
OVE
OUR
CAPA
BILI
TY A
ND C
APAC
ITY
TO
ARTI
CULA
TE O
UR S
TRAT
EGIC
INIT
IATI
VES
AND
COM
PELL
ING
NEED
S
abil
ity
to c
omm
unic
ate
mor
e ef
fect
ivel
y w
ith
both
our
Sold
ier
and
the
Am
eric
an P
ublic
—an
d m
ust
rem
ain
Bui
ld A
war
enes
s of
ASA
(ALT
)’s s
trat
egic
dir
ecti
on
and
prio
riti
es t
o ad
vanc
e un
ders
tand
ing
of o
ur
orga
niza
tion
al m
issi
on a
nd t
he e
xecu
tion
of A
rmy
acqu
isit
ion
prog
ram
s;
Bui
ld C
oope
rati
ve R
elat
ions
hips
wit
h A
SA(A
LT)
stak
ehol
ders
to
ensu
re e
ffec
tive
, effi
cien
t ex
ecut
ion
of
orga
niza
tion
pri
orit
ies
and
prog
ram
s; a
nd,
Bui
ld A
dvoc
acy
for
Arm
y an
d A
SA(A
LT)
prio
riti
es
and
init
iati
ves
thro
ugh
care
full
y fo
cuse
d ac
tivi
ties
in
tend
ed t
o ed
ucat
e an
d in
form
key
sta
keho
lder
s.
Our
eff
orts
in t
his
real
m a
re in
tend
ed t
o in
crea
se t
he
crea
te “
cham
pion
s” a
nd o
btai
n su
ffici
ent,
sus
tain
ed,
and
pred
icta
ble
reso
urci
ng n
eede
d to
ens
ure
prog
ram
st
abil
ity
and
enab
le b
ette
r pr
ogra
m m
anag
emen
t.
we
are
wor
king
—as
par
t of
an
over
arch
ing
Dep
artm
ent
of t
he A
rmy
effo
rt—
to b
ette
r co
mm
unic
ate
wit
h ou
r st
akeh
olde
rs in
cle
ar, u
nam
bigu
ous
term
s.
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
1212
PATH
FOR
WAR
DT
he li
keli
hood
of c
onti
nuin
g co
nflic
t an
d th
e re
silie
nce
of
ruth
less
, det
erm
ined
, and
ada
ptiv
e en
emie
s fo
rm t
he b
asis
of
our
requ
irem
ent
to m
oder
nize
. Con
tinu
ous
mod
erni
zati
on is
th
e ke
y to
tra
nsfo
rmin
g A
rmy
capa
bilit
ies
and
mai
ntai
ning
a
tech
nolo
gica
l adv
anta
ge o
ver
our
adve
rsar
ies
acro
ss t
he fu
ll
supp
ort
thro
ugh
war
tim
e O
vers
eas
Con
ting
ency
Ope
rati
ons
fund
s, b
ut t
hey
have
onl
y en
able
d us
to
sust
ain
the
curr
ent
achi
eve
our
broa
d m
oder
niza
tion
goa
ls.
The
sys
tem
s lis
ted
in t
his
book
are
not
isol
ated
, ind
ivid
ual
prod
ucts
. Rat
her,
the
y ar
e pa
rt o
f an
inte
grat
ed in
vest
men
t ap
proa
ch t
o m
ake
the
Arm
y of
the
futu
re a
ble
to d
eal
succ
essf
ully
wit
h th
e ch
alle
nges
it w
ill f
ace.
Eac
h sy
stem
an
d ea
ch c
apab
ilit
y is
impo
rtan
t. T
hese
sys
tem
s re
pres
ent
toda
y’s
inve
stm
ent
in t
omor
row
’s s
ecur
ity—
to e
nsur
e ou
r A
rmy
can
cont
inue
to
succ
essf
ully
def
end
our
Nat
ion.
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
1013 13
WEA
PON
SYST
EMS
LIST
ED IN
ALP
HABE
TICA
L OR
DER
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
pro
vide
air-
to-g
roun
d su
ppre
ssio
n,
illum
inat
ion,
and
dire
ct/in
dire
ct fi
res
to
defe
at a
rea,
mat
erie
l, an
d pe
rson
nel
targ
ets
at c
lose
and
ext
ende
d ra
nges
.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
in
ch a
ir-la
unch
ed r
ocke
ts is
em
ploy
ed
by t
ri-s
ervi
ce a
nd s
peci
al o
pera
ting
fo
rces
on
both
fixe
d w
ing
and
rota
ry
win
g ai
rcra
ft. T
his
high
ly m
odul
ar
rock
et fa
mily
inco
rpor
ates
sev
eral
di
ffer
ent
mis
sion
-ori
ente
d w
arhe
ads
for
expl
osiv
e, m
ulti
purp
ose
subm
unit
ion,
re
d ph
osph
orus
sm
oke,
flec
hett
e,
visi
ble
light
illu
min
atio
n fla
re, a
nd
infr
ared
illu
min
atio
n fla
re.
Dia
met
er:
Wei
ght:
war
head
)L
engt
h:w
arhe
ad)
Ran
ge:
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Non
e
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Hyd
ra 7
0P
rodu
cing
ann
ual
repl
enis
hmen
t re
quir
emen
ts fo
r tr
aini
ng a
nd w
ar r
eser
ve
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Hyd
ra 7
0
Safe
ty R
elia
bilit
y an
d P
rodu
cibi
lity
(SR
AP
) P
rogr
am a
ctiv
itie
s.
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
14
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
2.75
" Fa
mily
of R
ocke
ts
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
Hydr
a 70
: Kuw
ait,
the
Neth
erla
nds,
Co
lom
bia,
Sin
gapo
re, T
haila
nd, U
nite
d Ar
ab E
mira
tes,
and
Jap
an
CONT
RACT
ORS
Hydr
a 70
:Ge
nera
l Dyn
amic
s (B
urlin
gton
, VT)
Gene
ral D
ynam
ics
Arm
amen
t and
Te
chni
cal P
rodu
cts
(GDA
TP)
(Cam
den,
AR)
Grai
n:Al
liant
Tec
hsys
tem
s (R
adfo
rd, V
A)Fu
zes:
Actio
n M
anuf
actu
ring
(Phi
lade
lphi
a, P
A)Fi
n an
d no
zzle
:Ge
nera
l Dyn
amic
s Or
dnan
ce a
nd T
actic
al
Syst
ems
(Ann
isto
n, A
L)
15
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NT
MIS
SION
To p
rovi
de m
obile
, pro
tect
ed fi
repo
wer
fo
r bat
tlefie
ld s
uper
iorit
y
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
Abr
ams
tank
pro
vide
s th
e le
thal
ity,
su
rviv
abil
ity,
and
figh
tabi
lity
to d
efea
t ad
vanc
ed t
hrea
ts o
n th
e in
tegr
ated
ba
ttle
field
usi
ng m
obil
ity,
fire
pow
er, a
nd
shoc
k ef
fect
. The
120
mm
mai
n gu
n on
th
e M
1A1
SA (
Situ
atio
nal A
war
enes
s)
and
M1A
2 SE
P (
Syst
em E
nhan
cem
ent
AG
T t
urbi
ne e
ngin
e an
d sp
ecia
l arm
or
mak
e th
e A
bram
s ta
nk p
arti
cula
rly
leth
al a
gain
st h
eavy
arm
or fo
rces
. The
A
bram
s M
odul
ar T
ank
fleet
incl
udes
tw
o va
rian
ts, t
he M
1A1
SA a
nd t
he
M1A
2 SE
P v
2.
M1A
1 S
A: I
mpr
ovem
ents
incl
ude
Blo
ck I
forw
ard-
look
ing
infr
ared
(F
LIR
) and
far-
targ
et lo
cato
r. L
etha
lity
impr
ovem
ents
incl
ude
Stab
iliz
ed
and
ball
isti
c so
luti
on u
pgra
des
for
the
M82
9A3
kine
tic
and
the
M10
28 c
anis
ter
roun
ds. C
omm
on A
bram
s m
odifi
cati
ons
incl
ude
Blu
e Fo
rce
Tra
ckin
g (B
FT
),
whi
ch is
a d
igit
al c
omm
and
and
cont
rol
syst
em t
hat g
ives
Arm
y co
mm
ande
rs
acro
ss t
he b
attl
efiel
d cu
rren
t in
form
atio
n ab
out t
heir
loca
tion
rel
ativ
e to
frie
ndly
forc
es; a
nd t
he P
ower
T
rain
Im
prov
emen
t and
Int
egra
tion
O
ptim
izat
ion
Pro
gram
(T
IGE
R e
ngin
e an
d im
prov
ed t
rans
mis
sion
), w
hich
pr
ovid
es m
ore
relia
bilit
y, d
urab
ilit
y, a
nd
a si
ngle
sta
ndar
d fo
r th
e ve
hicl
e’s
pow
er
trai
n. S
urvi
vabi
lity
impr
ovem
ents
in
clud
e fr
onta
l arm
or a
nd t
urre
t si
dear
mor
upg
rade
s.
M1
A2S
EP
v2
: Upg
rade
s in
clud
e su
rviv
abil
ity,
aut
omot
ive
pow
er p
ack,
co
mpu
ter
syst
ems,
and
nig
ht v
isio
n ca
pabi
litie
s. L
etha
lity
impr
ovem
ents
in
clud
e C
omm
on R
emot
ely
Ope
rate
d
solu
tion
upg
rade
s fo
r th
e M
829A
3 ki
neti
c an
d th
e M
1028
can
iste
r ro
unds
. T
he M
1A2
SEP
v2
has
impr
oved
m
icro
proc
esso
rs, c
olor
flat
pan
el
disp
lays
, im
prov
ed m
emor
y ca
paci
ty,
bett
er s
oldi
er-m
achi
ne in
terf
ace,
an
d a
new
ope
n op
erat
ing
syst
em
desi
gned
to
run
the
Com
mon
Ope
rati
ng
Env
iron
men
t (C
OE
) so
ftw
are.
Bot
h th
e G
unne
r’s
Pri
mar
y Si
ght
(GP
S)
and
the
Com
man
der’
s In
depe
nden
t T
herm
al
Vie
wer
(CI
TV
) on
the
M1A
2SE
P t
ank
incl
ude
the
impr
oved
the
rmal
imag
ing
capa
bilit
ies
of t
he n
ew B
lock
I s
econ
d-ge
nera
tion
FL
IR t
echn
olog
y. T
he M
1A2
SEP
has
impr
oved
fron
tal a
nd s
ide
arm
or fo
r en
hanc
ed c
rew
sur
viva
bilit
y.
The
M1A
2 SE
P is
als
o eq
uipp
ed w
ith
a ba
tter
y-ba
sed
auxi
liar
y po
wer
uni
t, t
he
tota
l int
egra
ted
revi
tali
zati
on (
TIG
ER
) en
gine
, and
upg
rade
d tr
ansm
issi
on
for
impr
oved
aut
omot
ive
reli
abil
ity
and
dura
bilit
y.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Non
e
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
The
1st
Cav
alry
Div
isio
n an
d 1s
t B
riga
de, 1
st A
rmor
ed
Div
isio
n ar
e eq
uipp
ed w
ith
the
Abr
ams
M1A
2 SE
P v
2.A
bram
s pr
oduc
tion
of
M1A
1 SA
and
M1A
2SE
P v
2 ta
nks
cont
inue
for
both
the
Act
ive
Arm
y an
d th
e A
rmy
Nat
iona
l Gua
rd
(AR
NG
) to
mee
t th
e A
rmy’
s m
odul
arit
y go
als
by 2
013.
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
M1A
1 SA
fiel
ding
co
ntin
ues
to t
he A
RN
G, 1
st I
nfan
try
Div
isio
n, 2
nd I
nfan
try
Div
isio
n,
Tra
inin
g an
d D
octr
ine
Com
man
d/C
ombi
ned
Arm
s Su
ppor
t C
omm
and,
A
RN
G R
egio
nal T
rain
ing
Site
-M
aint
enan
ce (
RT
SM)
unit
s,
(Kuw
ait)
and
Arm
y P
repo
siti
oned
St
ock
4 (K
orea
).M
1A2
SEP
v2
mul
tiye
ar
cont
ract
pro
duct
ion
cont
inue
s.1s
t, 2
nd, a
nd 3
rd
Bri
gade
s, 4
th I
nfan
try
Div
isio
n w
ill
be fi
elde
d w
ith
the
Abr
ams
M1A
2 SE
P v
2 ta
nk.
4th
Bri
gade
1s
t C
aval
ry D
ivis
ion
and
the
1st
Arm
ored
Div
isio
n w
ill b
e fie
lded
wit
h th
e A
bram
s M
1A2
SEP
v2
tank
.A
rmy
Pre
posi
tion
ed S
tock
wit
h th
e A
bram
s M
1A2
SEP
v2
tank
.3r
d In
fant
ry
Nat
iona
l Gua
rd w
ill b
e fie
lded
wit
h th
e A
bram
s M
1A2
SEP
v2
tank
.T
IGE
R p
rodu
ctio
n co
ntin
ues
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
16
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Abra
ms
Upgr
ade
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
M1A
1: A
ustra
lia (5
9), E
gypt
(1,0
05),
Iraq
(140
)M
1A2:
Kuw
ait (
218)
, Sau
di A
rabi
a (3
15)
CONT
RACT
ORS
Gene
ral D
ynam
ics
(Ste
rling
Hei
ghts
, MI;
War
ren,
MI;
Mus
kego
n, M
I; Sc
rant
on,
PA; L
ima,
OH
; Tal
laha
ssee
, FL)
Ho
neyw
ell (
Phoe
nix,
AZ)
Sim
ulat
ion,
Tra
inin
g, a
nd In
stru
men
tatio
n Co
mm
and
(STR
ICOM
) (Or
land
o, F
L)An
nist
on A
rmy
Depo
t (AN
AD)
(Ann
isto
n,AL
)
M1A
1M
1A2
M1A
2SEP
LENG
TH(fe
et):
32.0
432
.04
32.0
4W
IDTH
(feet
):12
.012
.012
.0HE
IGHT
(feet
):8.
08.
08.
0TO
P SP
EED
(mph
):41
.541
.542
WEI
GHT
(tons
):67
.668
.469
.5AR
MAM
ENT:
120m
m12
0mm
120m
mCR
EW:
44
4
17
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NT
MIS
SION
Prov
ide
an e
nter
pris
e, s
ervi
ce-o
rient
ed,
busi
ness
env
ironm
ent p
opul
ated
with
th
e In
form
atio
n M
anag
emen
t (IM
) sy
stem
s an
d se
rvic
es th
at b
ring
the
right
info
rmat
ion
to th
e rig
ht p
eopl
e at
th
e rig
ht ti
me.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
Acq
Bus
ines
s P
rogr
am p
rovi
des
Info
rmat
ion
Man
agem
ent
capa
bilit
ies
that
sup
port
Acq
uisi
tion
com
mun
ity
need
s fo
r A
cqui
siti
on d
ata,
dat
a m
anag
emen
t se
rvic
es a
nd E
nter
pris
e B
usin
ess
appl
icat
ions
. The
se
capa
bilit
ies
enab
le t
he c
onsi
sten
t,
effe
ctiv
e an
d ef
ficie
nt c
ondu
ct o
f the
ac
quis
itio
n bu
sine
ss. P
lann
ing
and
deve
lopm
ent
of a
ddit
iona
l cap
abil
itie
s ar
e on
goin
g w
ith
rapi
d pr
otot
ypin
g,
user
invo
lvem
ent
and
rapi
d ca
pabi
lity
dist
ribu
tion
as
core
ele
men
ts o
f the
pr
ogra
m s
trat
egy.
The
Acq
uisi
tion
B
usin
ess
Pro
gram
is n
ot a
tra
diti
onal
prog
ram
; it
cons
ists
of a
con
tinu
ing
seri
es o
f ind
epen
dent
sof
twar
e pr
ojec
ts
man
aged
to
cost
, sch
edul
e an
d us
er
requ
irem
ents
. Thi
s pr
ogra
m s
trat
egy
is
mod
eled
aft
er b
est
indu
stry
pra
ctic
es
for
rapi
d de
velo
pmen
t an
d di
stri
buti
on
of e
nter
pris
e so
ftw
are
solu
tion
s. T
he
init
ial S
ervi
ce O
rien
ted
Env
iron
men
t ha
s be
en d
eplo
yed
and
prov
ides
an
init
ial s
et o
f cap
abil
itie
s.
PM
Too
lkit
: A c
olle
ctio
n of
pro
ject
m
anag
emen
t, r
isk
man
agem
ent,
co
llab
orat
ion,
mar
ket
Res
earc
h an
d an
alys
is t
ools
focu
sed
on
enab
ling
pro
ject
man
ager
s to
bet
ter
acco
mpl
ish
thei
r m
issi
on.
A c
olle
ctio
n of
too
ls (
e.g.
, Def
ense
Col
labo
rati
on
On-
Lin
e, G
reen
For
ce T
rack
er, O
racl
e
that
ena
ble
acqu
isit
ion
user
s to
fin
d ea
ch o
ther
and
col
labo
rate
in a
va
riet
y of
way
s to
bet
ter
acco
mpl
ish
thei
r m
issi
on.
Man
agem
ent:
A c
olle
ctio
n of
A
cqui
siti
on p
erso
nnel
and
car
eer
man
agem
ent
solu
tion
s th
at s
uppo
rt
the
man
agem
ent
of a
cqui
siti
on
care
er p
rofe
ssio
nals
. A
sui
te o
f too
ls
that
pro
vide
s to
tal a
sset
vis
ibil
ity,
re
al t
ime
repo
rtin
g an
d an
alys
is o
f fin
anci
al p
lann
ing,
exe
cuti
on, s
uppl
y an
d re
adin
ess
data
.
Man
agem
ent
Too
ls: T
he s
uite
of
lega
cy a
cqui
siti
on r
epor
ting
and
su
ppor
t to
ols
that
ena
ble
PM
s to
su
ppor
t A
cqui
siti
on o
vers
ight
and
re
port
ing
resp
onsi
bilit
ies.
A
n en
terp
rise
sol
utio
n fo
r th
e Sc
ienc
e an
d Te
chno
logy
co
mm
unit
y th
at s
uppo
rts
the
man
agem
ent
of A
rmy
Tech
nolo
gy
outc
ome
requ
irem
ents
, alig
nmen
t of
Sm
all B
usin
ess
Inno
vati
ve
Res
earc
h P
rogr
ams
wit
h A
rmy
Tech
nolo
gy O
bjec
tive
s, a
nd a
cces
s to
Int
erna
tion
al C
oope
rati
ve
Agr
eem
ents
.
Acq
Bus
ines
s is
dev
elop
ing,
pro
curi
ng
and
plan
ning
to
augm
ent,
enr
ich
and
exte
nd t
hese
exi
stin
g ca
pabi
litie
s to
en
able
eff
ecti
ve a
nd e
ffici
ent
cond
uct
of t
he A
cqui
siti
on B
usin
ess.
Som
e of
the
near
-ter
m c
apab
ilit
ies
that
are
in
the
plan
ning
and
pro
toty
ping
sta
ges
incl
ude:
A
suit
e of
pro
cure
men
t ca
pabi
litie
s de
sign
ed t
o op
erat
e in
the
ta
ctic
al e
nvir
onm
ent
(low
ban
d-w
idth
, dis
conn
ecte
d) t
o su
ppor
t th
e pr
ocur
emen
t pr
oces
s fr
om
deve
lopm
ent
of p
rocu
rem
ent
requ
ests
th
roug
h co
ntra
ct f
ulfil
lmen
t.
the
exis
ting
PM
Too
lkit
: Pla
nned
en
hanc
emen
ts in
clud
e E
arne
d Va
lue
Man
agem
ent,
Int
egra
ted
Sche
duli
ng,
Req
uire
men
ts M
anag
emen
t, C
ontr
act
Dat
a R
equi
rem
ents
Lis
t (C
DR
L)
Man
agem
ent,
and
Con
trac
tor
Task
M
anag
emen
t to
ols
that
are
focu
sed
on e
nhan
cing
the
PM
’s a
bilit
y to
m
anag
e hi
s/he
r pr
ogra
m.
(e.
g. G
ener
al
Fun
ds E
nter
pris
e B
usin
ess
Syst
ems
(GF
EB
S),
Log
isti
cs M
oder
niza
tion
P
rogr
am (
LM
P),
Def
ense
Int
egra
ted
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
18
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
AcqB
usin
ess
Fore
ign
Mili
tary
Sal
es:
None
Cont
ract
ors
Booz
Alle
n Ha
milt
on (M
cLea
n, V
A)Co
mpu
ter S
cien
ces
Corp
. (CS
C) (F
alls
Ch
urch
, VA)
Delo
itte
LLP
(McL
ean,
VA)
A
colle
ctio
n of
das
hboa
rds
popu
late
d by
aut
hori
tati
ve A
cqui
siti
on a
nd
Arm
y da
ta t
hat
are
focu
sed
on
enha
ncin
g de
cisi
on m
akin
g an
d pr
ovid
ing
acqu
isit
ion
lead
ers
wit
h ac
cura
te a
nd r
elev
ant
data
, on
tim
e an
d w
hen
need
ed. T
ools
tha
t en
able
PM
s to
bet
ter
man
age
thei
r su
ppor
t to
the
AR
FO
RG
EN
/RE
SET
pr
oces
s by
pro
vidi
ng v
isib
ilit
y in
to
rede
ploy
men
t re
quir
emen
ts, a
nd b
y
sync
hron
izin
g P
M fi
eldi
ng s
ched
ules
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Non
e
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Incr
emen
ts I
and
II
depl
oyed
Incr
emen
t II
I in
de
velo
pmen
t w
/IO
C sc
hedu
led
Incr
emen
ts I
V a
nd V
in
pro
toty
ping
w/I
OC
tent
ativ
ely
sche
dule
d
Incr
emen
ts V
I an
d V
II
in R
equi
rem
ents
Dev
elop
men
t w
/IO
C te
ntat
ivel
y sc
hedu
led
Incr
emen
t V
III
in C
once
pt
Dev
elop
men
t w
/IO
C te
ntat
ivel
y sc
hedu
led
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Con
tinu
ed p
ursu
it o
f ent
erpr
ise
busi
ness
too
ls a
nd s
ervi
ces
that
enr
ich
the
acqu
isit
ion
busi
ness
env
iron
men
t an
d pr
ovid
e fo
r en
hanc
ed d
ecis
ion
mak
ing,
con
sist
ency
in b
usin
ess
proc
ess,
and
acc
ess
to a
utho
rita
tive
ac
quis
itio
n da
ta.
19
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
pro
vide
the
Arm
y, N
avy,
and
Mar
ine
Corp
s au
tom
ated
fire
sup
port
com
man
d,
cont
rol a
nd c
omm
unic
atio
ns.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
Adv
ance
d F
ield
Art
ille
ry T
acti
cal
Dat
a Sy
stem
(A
FAT
DS
) pe
rfor
ms
the
atta
ck a
naly
sis
nece
ssar
y to
de
term
ine
opti
mal
wea
pon-
targ
et
pair
ing
to p
rovi
de a
utom
ated
pla
nnin
g,
coor
dina
tion
, and
con
trol
for
max
imum
us
e of
fire
sup
port
ass
ets
(fiel
d ar
tille
ry, m
orta
rs, c
lose
air
sup
port
, na
val g
unfir
e, a
ttac
k he
licop
ters
, and
of
fens
ive
elec
tron
ic w
arfa
re).
AFA
TD
S pe
rfor
ms
the
fire
supp
ort
com
man
d, c
ontr
ol, a
nd c
oord
inat
ion
requ
irem
ents
of fi
eld
arti
llery
and
m
aneu
ver
from
ech
elon
s ab
ove
corp
s to
bat
tery
or
plat
oon
in s
uppo
rt o
f al
l lev
els
of c
onfli
ct. T
he s
yste
m
is c
ompo
sed
of c
omm
on h
ardw
are
and
soft
war
e em
ploy
ed in
var
ying
co
nfigu
rati
ons
at d
iffe
rent
ope
rati
onal
fa
cilit
ies
(or
node
s) a
nd u
niqu
e sy
stem
so
ftw
are
inte
rcon
nect
ed b
y ta
ctic
al
com
mun
icat
ions
in t
he fo
rm o
f a
soft
war
e-dr
iven
, aut
omat
ed n
etw
ork.
AFA
TD
S w
ill a
utom
atic
ally
impl
emen
t de
taile
d co
mm
ande
r’s
guid
ance
in t
he
auto
mat
ion
of o
pera
tion
al p
lann
ing,
m
ovem
ent
cont
rol,
targ
etin
g, t
arge
t va
lue
anal
ysis
, and
fire
sup
port
pl
anni
ng. T
his
proj
ect
is a
rep
lace
men
t sy
stem
for
the
Init
ial F
ire
Supp
ort
Aut
omat
ed S
yste
m, B
atte
ry C
ompu
ter
Syst
em, a
nd F
ire
Dir
ecti
on S
yste
m.
AFA
TD
S is
des
igne
d to
inte
rope
rate
w
ith
the
othe
r A
rmy
batt
le c
omm
and
syst
ems;
cur
rent
and
fut
ure
Nav
y an
d A
ir F
orce
com
man
d an
d co
ntro
l w
eapo
n sy
stem
s; a
nd t
he G
erm
an,
Fre
nch,
Bri
tish
, and
Ita
lian
fire
su
ppor
tsy
stem
s.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Forw
ard
Ent
ry D
evic
e (F
ED
), P
ocke
t-Si
zed
Forw
ard
Ent
ry D
evic
e (P
FE
D),
Jo
int
Aut
omat
ed D
eep
Ope
rati
ons
Coo
rdin
atio
n Sy
stem
(JA
DO
CS
),
Pal
adin
, Mul
tipl
e L
aunc
h R
ocke
t Sy
stem
(M
LR
S),
The
ater
Bat
tle
Man
agem
ent
Cor
e Sy
stem
(T
BM
CS
),
Gun
Dis
play
Uni
t (G
DU
)/G
un D
ispl
ay
Bat
tle
Com
man
d, B
riga
de-a
nd-B
elow
Sour
ce A
naly
sis
Syst
em (
ASA
S)/
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Con
diti
onal
mat
erie
l
Ful
l mat
erie
l rel
ease
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
(Mar
shal
l Bui
ld)
(Mac
Art
hur
Bui
ld)
(Eis
enho
wer
Bui
ld)
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
20
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Adva
nced
Fie
ld A
rtill
ery
Tact
ical
Da
ta S
yste
m (A
FATD
S)
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
Bahr
ain,
Egy
pt, P
ortu
gal,
Turk
ey, T
aiw
an
CONT
RACT
ORS
Soft
war
e:Ra
ythe
on (F
ort W
ayne
, IN
)Ha
rdw
are:
Gene
ral D
ynam
ics
(Tau
nton
, MA)
Tech
nica
l sup
port
:Co
mpu
ter S
cien
ces
Corp
. (CS
C)
(Eat
onto
wn,
NJ)
New
equ
ipm
ent t
rain
ing:
Engi
neer
ing
Prof
essi
onal
Ser
vice
s (L
awto
n, O
K)Ti
tan
Corp
. (La
wto
n, O
K)
21
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
pro
vide
glo
bal,
real
-tim
e,
mul
ti-in
telli
genc
e pr
ecis
ion
targ
etin
g in
form
atio
n to
join
t lan
d, m
ariti
me,
and
ai
r com
bat c
omm
ande
rs a
cros
s th
e fu
ll sp
ectr
um o
f mili
tary
ope
ratio
ns.
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
Aer
ial C
omm
on S
enso
r (A
CS
) is
es
sent
ial t
o th
e ta
ctic
al w
arfig
hter
. It
fill
s a
crit
ical
cap
abil
ity
gap
by
prov
idin
g ac
tion
able
inte
llig
ence
di
rect
ly t
o gr
ound
com
man
ders
wit
h th
e ti
mel
ines
s an
d ac
cura
cy t
hey
requ
ire.
AC
S is
a m
ulti
-inte
llig
ence
, m
anne
d, fi
xed-
win
g, R
econ
nais
sanc
e Su
rvei
llan
ce a
nd T
arge
t A
cqui
siti
on
(RS
TA
)/In
tell
igen
ce, S
urve
illa
nce,
an
d R
econ
nais
sanc
e (I
SR)
syst
em
that
car
ries
mul
tipl
e, h
ighl
y ac
cura
te
inte
llig
ence
sen
sors
, pro
cess
ing
tool
s,
air/
grou
nd/s
atel
lite
com
mun
icat
ions
, an
d on
boar
d op
erat
ors/
anal
ysts
. C
apab
le o
f wor
ldw
ide
depl
oym
ent,
A
CS
prov
ides
ded
icat
ed, p
ersi
sten
t R
ST
A/I
SR c
over
age
over
the
dep
th
and
brea
dth
of a
tac
tica
l com
man
der’
s ba
ttle
spac
e. A
CS
is in
tegr
ated
in t
he
grea
ter
Dis
trib
uted
Com
mon
Gro
und
com
bina
tion
of a
ttri
bute
s (m
ulti
-in
tell
igen
ce s
ensi
ng, p
ersi
sten
ce,
wid
e-ar
ea c
over
age,
rea
ch, m
anne
d-un
man
ned
team
ing,
Dis
trib
uted
com
man
d) p
rovi
des
the
grou
nd
tact
ical
com
man
der
a ne
ar-r
eal-t
ime
oper
atio
nal v
iew
of u
npre
cede
nted
cl
arit
y, e
nabl
ing
tact
ical
gro
und
forc
es
to o
pera
te a
t th
eir
high
est
pote
ntia
l in
futu
re jo
int
oper
atio
ns.
AC
S w
ill r
epla
ce t
he A
irbo
rne
Rec
onna
issa
nce
Low
(A
RL
) an
d G
uard
rail
Com
mon
Sen
sor
(GR
/CS
) ai
rbor
ne s
urve
illa
nce
syst
ems
and
wil
l be
field
ed t
o th
e A
rmy’
s A
eria
l E
xplo
itat
ion
Bat
talio
ns (
AE
B).
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Dis
trib
uted
Com
mon
Gro
und
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Cap
abil
itie
s de
velo
pmen
t do
cum
ent
(CD
D)
appr
oved
by
the
Join
t C
apab
ilit
ies
Boa
rd (
JCB
)
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Join
t R
equi
rem
ents
O
vers
ight
Cou
ncil
(JR
OC
) co
nsid
erat
ion
of t
he C
DD
Rel
ease
of t
he T
echn
olog
y D
evel
opm
ent
(TD
) R
eque
st fo
r P
ropo
sal (
RF
P)
TD
con
trac
t aw
ard
TD
pha
se
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
22
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Aeria
l Com
mon
Sen
sor (
ACS)
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
None
CONT
RACT
ORS
Radi
x (M
ount
ain
View
, CA)
Inst
itute
for D
efen
se A
naly
sis
(Ale
xand
ria, V
A)CA
CI (E
aton
tow
n, N
J)M
ITRE
(Eat
onto
wn,
NJ)
23
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NT
MIS
SION
To im
prov
e th
e su
rviv
abili
ty, m
obili
ty,
and
sust
aina
bilit
y of
the
Arm
y ai
rcre
w
mem
ber t
hrou
gh a
new
gen
erat
ion,
m
odul
ar, i
nteg
rate
d Av
iatio
n Li
fe
Supp
ort E
quip
men
t ens
embl
e. E
nhan
ce
Sold
ier s
afet
y, c
omfo
rt, c
rew
syn
ergy
, an
d ca
pabi
lity.
DESC
RIPT
ION
adva
nced
sit
uati
onal
aw
aren
ess
and
envi
ronm
enta
l, ba
llis
tic,
che
mic
al a
nd
biol
ogic
al (
CB)
prot
ecti
on in
to a
sin
gle
syst
em c
ompr
isin
g ra
pidl
y ta
ilora
ble,
m
issi
on-c
onfig
urab
le m
odul
es. A
ir
and
leve
rage
s se
vera
l joi
nt-s
ervi
ce
tech
nolo
gy e
ffor
ts t
o ef
fect
ivel
y in
tegr
ate
surv
ival
, eva
sion
, and
esc
ape
perf
orm
ance
and
saf
ety
wit
hout
en
cum
beri
ng t
he S
oldi
er. C
ompo
nent
s in
clud
e M
icro
clim
ate
Coo
ling
Sys
tem
;
digi
tal c
onne
ctiv
ity
and
thre
at a
nd
frie
ndly
forc
es s
itua
tion
al a
war
enes
s;
wir
eles
s cr
ew c
omm
unic
atio
ns; a
ircr
aft
plat
form
inte
rfac
e; c
hem
ical
-bio
logi
cal
prot
ecti
on; b
ody
arm
or; s
urvi
val
and
esca
pe a
nd e
vasi
on t
ools
; and
ov
erw
ater
sur
viva
l ite
ms.
syst
em a
re in
crem
enta
lly
prov
ided
th
roug
h an
evo
luti
onar
y ac
quis
itio
n pr
ogra
m t
o so
lve
equi
pmen
t sh
ortc
omin
gs. C
ompo
nent
s in
clud
e th
e fo
llow
ing:
whi
ch in
tegr
ates
firs
t ai
d, s
urvi
val,
sign
alin
g, a
nd c
omm
unic
atio
ns
equi
pmen
t w
ith
body
arm
or a
nd o
ver-
wat
er s
urvi
val s
ubsy
stem
s
incr
ease
s ef
fect
ive
mis
sion
dur
atio
n in
hea
t-st
ress
env
iron
men
ts b
y m
ore
a lig
hter
hel
met
wit
h in
crea
sed
head
an
d he
arin
g pr
otec
tion
port
able
dig
ital
mis
sion
pla
nnin
g de
vice
for
over
-the
-hor
izon
m
essa
ging
and
enh
ance
d si
tuat
iona
l aw
aren
ess
capa
bilit
ies
thro
ugh
conn
ecti
vity
to
Ble
For
ce T
rack
ing,
A
viat
ion
free
air
crew
inte
rcom
mun
icat
ions
Syst
em
ingr
edie
nt t
o cl
osin
g th
e pe
rfor
man
ce
gap
betw
een
the
airc
rew
and
the
avia
tion
war
fight
er c
halle
nges
of t
oday
an
d to
mor
row
by
deve
lopi
ng a
ffor
dabl
e,
resp
onsi
ve, d
eplo
yabl
e, v
ersa
tile
, le
thal
, sur
viva
ble,
and
sus
tain
able
ai
rcre
w e
quip
men
t.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
syst
em.
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Fie
ldin
g co
ntin
ues
to u
nits
de
ploy
ing
to O
pera
tion
Ira
qi F
reed
om
and
Ope
rati
on E
ndur
ing
Fre
edom
U.S
. Nav
y ad
opts
and
helic
opte
r fle
et
ente
rs p
rodu
ctio
n; t
he A
rmy’
s pr
ojec
t m
anag
ers
for
Bra
dley
and
Mic
rocl
imat
e C
ooli
ng S
yste
m fo
r th
eir
depl
oyed
cre
wm
embe
rs; fi
rst
Spir
al 3
ED
M fi
elde
d to
the
28t
h C
omba
t A
viat
ion
Bri
gade
’s 1
-137
A
viat
ion
Com
pany
PM
Str
yker
ado
pts
and
Coo
ling
Sys
tem
for
its
depl
oyed
cr
ewm
embe
rs
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Go
Bag
and
hel
met
ext
erna
l aud
io
prod
ucts
Pro
duct
ion
deci
sion
for
Inte
rcom
Sys
tem
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
24
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Air W
arrio
r (AW
)
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
Aust
ralia
, Can
ada,
UAE
CONT
RACT
ORS
Carle
ton
Tech
nolo
gies
, Inc
. (Or
char
d Pa
rk,
NY)
BAE
Syst
ems
(Pho
enix
, AZ)
Aeria
l Mac
hine
and
Too
l, In
c. (V
esta
, VA)
Wes
twin
d Te
chno
logi
es, I
nc.
(Hun
tsvi
lle,A
L)Ra
ythe
on T
echn
ical
Ser
vice
s, In
c.
(Indi
anap
olis
, IN
)Se
cure
Com
mun
icat
ions
Sys
tem
s, In
c.
(San
ta A
na, C
A)Te
leph
onic
s Co
rp. (
Farm
ingd
ale,
NY)
Gene
ral D
ynam
ics
C4 S
yste
ms,
Inc.
(S
cotts
dale
, AZ)
Scie
nce
and
Engi
neer
ing
Serv
ices
, Inc
. (S
ESI)
(Hun
tsvi
lle, A
L)Gi
bson
and
Bar
nes
(San
ta C
lara
, CA)
US D
iver
s (V
ista
, CA)
Ox
ygen
Gen
erat
ing
Syst
ems
Inte
rnat
iona
l (B
uffa
lo, N
Y)Ge
ntex
Cor
port
atio
n (R
anch
o Cu
cam
onga
,CA)
Mou
ntai
n Hi
gh E
quip
men
t and
Sup
ply
Co.
(Red
mon
d, O
R)Ta
ylor
-Wha
rton
(Hun
tsvi
lle, A
L)
25
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NTM
ISSI
ONTo
pro
vide
an
auto
mat
ed c
omm
and
and
cont
rol s
yste
m th
at in
tegr
ates
Air
and
Mis
sile
Def
ense
pla
nnin
g an
d op
erat
ions
fo
r Air
Defe
nse
Airs
pace
Man
agem
ent
(ADA
M) s
yste
ms,
Air
Defe
nse
Artil
lery
(A
DA) B
rigad
es, a
nd A
rmy
Air a
nd
Mis
sile
Def
ense
Com
man
ds (A
AMDC
s).
DESC
RIPT
ION
The
Air
/Mis
sile
Def
ense
Pla
nnin
g an
d C
ontr
ol S
yste
m (
AM
DP
CS
) is
an
Arm
y O
bjec
tive
For
ce s
yste
m t
hat
prov
ides
in
tegr
atio
n of
Air
and
Mis
sile
Def
ense
(A
MD
) op
erat
ions
at
all e
chel
ons.
A
MD
PC
S sy
stem
s ar
e de
ploy
ed w
ith
AD
AM
Sys
tem
s, A
DA
Bri
gade
s, a
nd
AA
MD
Cs.
AD
AM
pro
vide
s th
e co
mm
ande
rs o
f B
riga
de C
omba
t Te
ams
(BC
Ts)
, fire
s br
igad
es, c
omba
t av
iati
on b
riga
des,
and
di
visi
on a
nd c
orps
tac
tica
l ope
rati
ons
syst
ems
wit
h si
tuat
ion
awar
enes
s of
the
air
spac
e, t
he t
hird
dim
ensi
on
of t
he b
attl
efiel
d. A
DA
M p
rovi
des
coll
abor
atio
n an
d st
aff p
lann
ing
capa
bilit
ies
thro
ugh
the
Arm
y B
attl
e C
omm
and
Syst
em a
nd o
pera
tion
al
link
s fo
r ai
rspa
ce c
oord
inat
ion
wit
h jo
int,
inte
rage
ncy,
mul
ti-n
atio
nal,
and
coal
itio
n fo
rces
.
AM
DP
CS
in A
DA
Bri
gade
s an
d A
AM
DC
s pr
ovid
e ex
pand
ed s
taff
pl
anni
ng a
nd c
oord
inat
ion
capa
bilit
ies
for
inte
grat
ing
defe
nse
of t
he a
ir
batt
lesp
ace.
AM
DP
CS
incl
udes
she
lter
s, a
utom
ated
da
ta p
roce
ssin
g eq
uipm
ent,
tac
tica
l co
mm
unic
atio
ns, s
tand
ard
vehi
cles
, ta
ctic
al p
ower
, and
sof
twar
e sy
stem
s fo
r fo
rce
oper
atio
ns a
nd e
ngag
emen
t op
erat
ions
incl
udin
g A
ir a
nd M
issi
le
Air
Def
ense
Sys
tem
Int
egra
tor
(AD
SI).
batt
lesp
ace
situ
atio
nal a
war
enes
s to
ol t
hat
prov
ides
com
man
ders
wit
h a
com
mon
tac
tica
l and
ope
rati
onal
air
pi
ctur
e. A
DSI
is a
fire
-con
trol
sys
tem
th
at m
onit
ors
and
cont
rols
air
bat
tle
enga
gem
ent
oper
atio
ns b
y su
bord
inat
e or
att
ache
d un
its.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Non
e
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
AD
AM
ful
l mat
erie
l re
leas
e an
d fu
ll-ra
te p
rodu
ctio
n de
cisi
on
Fie
ldin
g on
e A
DA
bri
gade
an
d 18
AD
AM
s pr
ocur
ed in
FY
08
Com
plet
ed F
Y08
res
et o
f
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Fie
ldin
g th
ree
AD
A
FY
09
wit
h 3D
dis
play
wit
h so
ftw
are
Blo
ck 3
cap
abil
itie
s
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
26
WEA
PON
SYS
TEM
S 20
10
Air/
Mis
sile
Def
ense
Pla
nnin
g an
d Co
ntro
l Sys
tem
(AM
DPCS
)
FORE
IGN
MIL
ITAR
Y SA
LES
None
CONT
RACT
ORS
Nort
hrop
Gru
mm
an (H
unts
ville
, AL)
Ultra
, Inc
. (Au
stin
, TX)
27
UNIT
ED S
TATE
S AR
MY
ACQU
ISIT
ION
PHAS
E
INVE
STM
ENT
COM
PONE
NT
MIS
SION
To d
etec
t, lo
cate
, and
repo
rt
thre
ats
usin
g a
varie
ty o
f im
ager
y,
com
mun
icat
ions
-inte
rcep
t, an
d m
ovin
g-ta
rget
indi
cato
r sen
sor p
aylo
ads.
DESC
RIPT
ION
Air
born
e R
econ
nais
sanc
e L
ow (
AR
L)
is a
sel
f-dep
loyi
ng, m
ulti
-sen
sor,
day
/ni
ght,
all-
wea
ther
rec
onna
issa
nce,
in
tell
igen
ce, s
yste
m. I
t co
nsis
ts
7 fix
ed-w
ing
airc
raft
equ
ippe
d w
ith
com
mun
icat
ions
inte
llig
ence
(C
OM
INT
), im
ager
y in
tell
igen
ce
(IM
INT
), a
nd S
ynth
etic
Ape
rtur
e R
adar
/Mov
ing
Targ
et I
ndic
ator
(SA
R/
MT
I) m
issi
on p
aylo
ads.
The
pay
load
s ar
e co
ntro
lled
and
oper
ated
via
on-
boar
d op
en-a
rchi
tect
ure,
mul
ti-f
unct
ion
wor
ksta
tion
s.
Inte
llig
ence
col
lect
ed o
n th
e A
RL
can
be a
naly
zed,
rec
orde
d,
and
diss
emin
ated
on
the
airc
raft
w
orks
tati
ons
in r
eal t
ime
and
stor
ed
on b
oard
for
post
-mis
sion
pro
cess
ing.
D
urin
g m
ulti
-air
craf
t m
issi
ons,
dat
a ca
n be
sha
red
betw
een
coop
erat
ing
airc
raft
via
ult
ra h
igh
freq
uenc
y ai
r-to
-ai
r da
ta li
nks
allo
win
g m
ulti
-pla
tfor
m
CO
MIN
T g
eolo
cati
on o
pera
tion
s.
The
AR
L sy
stem
incl
udes
a v
arie
ty
of c
omm
unic
atio
ns s
ubsy
stem
s to
su
ppor
t ne
ar-r
eal-t
ime
diss
emin
atio
n of
in
tell
igen
ce a
nd d
ynam
ic r
etas
king
of
the
airc
raft
.
The
re a
re c
urre
ntly
tw
o co
nfigu
rati
ons
of t
he A
RL
syst
em:
a co
nven
tion
al c
omm
unic
atio
ns
inte
rcep
t an
d di
rect
ion
findi
ng
(loc
atio
n) p
aylo
ad.
wit
h a
com
bina
tion
of I
MIN
T,
CO
MIN
T, a
nd S
AR
/MT
I pa
yloa
d an
d de
mon
stra
ted
hype
rspe
ctra
l im
ager
ap
plic
atio
ns a
nd m
ulti
-inte
llig
ence
(m
ulti
-IN
T)
data
fus
ion
capa
bilit
ies.
airc
raft
. Uni
ted
Stat
es F
orce
s K
orea
airc
raft
. Pla
nned
upg
rade
s fo
r A
RL
incl
ude
base
lini
ng t
he fl
eet
by
prov
idin
g a
com
mon
arc
hite
ctur
e fo
r se
nsor
man
agem
ent
and
wor
ksta
tion
syst
ems
wil
l be
conv
erte
d fr
om
INT
con
figur
atio
n. P
lann
ed s
enso
r im
prov
emen
ts in
clud
e up
grad
ing
the
rada
r to
pro
vide
cha
nge
dete
ctio
n an
d su
per-
reso
luti
on S
AR
, upg
radi
ng
(EO
/IR
) su
bsys
tem
to
refle
ct c
urre
nt
stan
dard
s, in
clud
ing
the
addi
tion
of
a la
ser
illu
min
ator
, and
the
add
itio
n of
dig
ital
pan
cam
eras
acr
oss
the
fleet
for
high
-res
olut
ion
imag
ing
and
chan
ge d
etec
tion
. A n
ew a
nd im
prov
ed
CO
MIN
T p
aylo
ad w
ill b
e fie
lded
, in
crea
sing
freq
uenc
y co
vera
ge a
nd
impr
ovin
g ta
rget
inte
rcep
t pr
obab
ilit
y.
SYST
EM IN
TERD
EPEN
DENC
IES
Non
e
PROG
RAM
STA
TUS
Pho
enix
Eye
upg
rade
on
AR
L-M
1C
onve
rt A
RL
C1 in
to
AR
L M
8
PROJ
ECTE
D AC
TIVI
TIES
Con
tinu
ed
imag
ery,
rad
ar, C
OM
INT,
sys
tem
in
tero
pera
bilit
y, w
orks
tati
on
arch
itec
ture
upg
rade
s an
d C
to M
co
nver
sion
s
Tech
nolo
gy D
evel
opm
ent
Ope
ratio
ns &
Sup
port
Prod
uctio
n &
Dep
loym
ent
Engi
neer
ing
&M
anuf
actu
ring
Dev
elop
men
t
Reca
pita
lizat
ion
Mod
erni
zatio
n
Mai
nten
ance
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