Future Combat Systems on the Way

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Future Combat Systems on the Way
June 11, 2008
Army News Service|by Brig. Gen. James Terry and Col. Lee Fetterman

WASHINGTON - In the high mountain desert of Fort Bliss, Texas, Future Combat Systems successfully completed a first Force Development Test and Experiment May 18.

Army Evaluation Task Force Soldiers tested FCS Spin Out 1 systems over the course of several weeks within conditions representative of today's operational environment in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Spin Outs are designed to bring Future Combat Systems capabilities into current force modular brigades in support of Army modernization. Spin Out 1 consists of four different, but inter-operable systems. They are being tested for fielding to the Army in support of combat operations in the near future, officials said.

Enhanced lethality is provided by the Non-Line of Sight Launch System, a box of rockets capable of delivering precision fires from great distances to lower-level tactical units.

Two sensor systems, the tactical unattended ground sensors, and the urban unattended ground sensors are designed to increase situational awareness and understanding across the force while minimizing Soldier risk by providing pictures and sensor warnings to the force.


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