A Look at the Future Combat Systems (Brigade Combat Team) Program -- An Interview with MG Charles A. Cartwright

A Look at the Future Combat Systems (Brigade Combat Team) Program -- An Interview with MG Charles A. Cartwright

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Abstract:

The Future Combat Systems FCS Brigade Combat Team BCT program is the cornerstone of the Armys modernization effort. The FCSBCT consists of a family of manned and unmanned systems, connected by a common network, that provides Soldiers and leaders with leading-edge technologies and capabilities they can use to dominate in asymmetric and conventional warfare and complex environments. MG Charles A. Cartwright, FCSBCT Program Manager PM, recently took the time to provide an FCSBCT program update by responding to interview questions posed by Army ALT Magazine staff.

Author(s):

No Author(s) Identified

Author Organization(s):

ARMY ACQUISITION SUPPORT CENTER FORT BELVOIR VA

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Supplementary Note:

Published in Army AL&T, p2-13, Apr-Jun 2008.

Pagination:

0013

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:

Approved For Public Release

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR

Identifying Numbers

Monitor Series:

USAASC/VA

Subject Terms

Joint Capability Areas:

JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_5.4.1_Manage Risk; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_JCA_4.1.2_Sustain the Force; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_4.2.2_Inventory Management

Modernization Areas:

Autonomy

Communities of Interest:

Autonomy

Descriptor(s):

*FEEDBACK, *PROJECT MANAGEMENT, *NETWORK CENTRIC WARFARE, *ARMY PROCUREMENT, *WEAPON SYSTEMS, *TEST AND EVALUATION, *MILITARY MODERNIZATION, COMPUTER NETWORKS, GENERAL OFFICERS, FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS, HYBRID PROPULSION, ASYMMETRIC WARFARE, LETHALITY, COMBAT VEHICLES, MINE CLEARANCE, ROBOTS, BRIGADE LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS, SURVIVABILITY, AUTOMATION, REPRINTS

Field(s)/Group(s):

Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies, Combat Vehicles, Fire Control and Bombing Systems, Command, Control and Communications Systems

Keyword(s):

*FCS(FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS), *BCT(BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS), INTERVIEWS, AETF(ARMY EVALUATION TASK FORCE), CARTWRIGHT CHARLES A, ARMY MODERNIZATION, EVM(EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT), SOS(SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS), PHASED DEVELOPMENT, MGV(MANNED GROUND VEHICLES), UGV(UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLES), NLOS C(NON LINE OF SIGHT CANNONS), MRM(MID RANGE MUNITIONS), RECAP RESET

Report Date:

2008 Jun 01

Creation Date:

2008 Dec 24