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The Army Reserve, whose headquarters are co-located with FORSCOM, and the National Guard, are testing the associated units program in a three-year pilot program with the active Army. The program will use the First Army training roles at the Army Combat Training Centers at Fort Irwin, Fort Polk, and regional and overseas training facilities. [221]
Future Combat Systems logo. Future Combat Systems (FCS) was the United States Army's principal modernization program from 2003 to early 2009. [1] Formally launched in 2003, FCS was envisioned to create new brigades equipped with new manned and unmanned vehicles linked by an unprecedented fast and flexible battlefield network.
By 2020 the Army's programs for modernization were now framed as a decades-long process of cooperation with allies and partners, [93] [94] [95] for competition with potential adversaries who historically have blurred the distinction between peace and war, [96] [97] and who have been operating within the continuum (the gray zone) between peace ...
The virus is slowing delivery times and testing schedules, Gen. John "Mike" Murray, head of Army Futures Command, said. Army Modernization Programs Will Be Fielded on Time Despite COVID-19 Delays ...
AR 5-22(pdf) lists the Force modernization proponent for each Army branch, which can be a CoE or Branch proponent leader. Army Staff uses a Synchronization meeting before seeking approval —HTAR Force Management 3-2b: "Managing change in any large, complex organization requires the synchronization of many interrelated processes". [3]: p2-27
The Army is interested in ways to accelerate acquisition programs. For example, this was an explicit request in the 2019 solicitation for requests for information about Future Vertical Lift. [89] In January 2020, the optionally manned fighting vehicle solicitation was cancelled when its requirements added up to an unobtainable project; [251]
The Army Futures Command Shoulder Patch. The U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command, [1] or JMC, based in Fort Bliss, Texas, gains insights from "Fight Tonight" units about future ways of fighting, future technology, and force structure during realistic live, constructive, and/or simulated training exercises.
In June 2018, the Army established the Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) program to replace the M2 Bradley. In October 2018, the program was re-designated as the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV). The NGCV program was expanded as a portfolio of next-generation vehicles including tanks and the Bradley-based Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle.