The Army S Future Combat Systems Program And Alternatives
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The Army S Future Combat Systems Program And Alternatives
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language : en
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Release Date : 2006
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In today's environment of rapidly evolving conflicts, the Army's goal is to have units that have the combat power of heavy units but that can be transported anywhere in the world in a matter of days. To address concerns about the armored vehicle fleet's aging and the difficulties involved in transporting it as well as to equip the Army more suitably to conduct operations overseas on short notice using forces based in the United States the service created the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program in 2000. A major modernization effort, the program is designed in part to develop and purchase vehicles to replace those now in the heavy forces; the new vehicles would be much lighter, thereby easing the deployment of units equipped with them. In the analysis presented in this report, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) examined the current status of the Army's fleet of armored vehicles and assessed the speed of deployment of the service's heavy forces. It also evaluated the FCS program, considering the program's costs as well as its advantages and disadvantages and comparing it with several alternative plans for modernizing the Army's heavy forces.
The Army S Future Combat Systems Program And Alternatives
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Author : United States. Congressional Budget Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
The Army S Future Combat Systems Program And Alternatives written by United States. Congressional Budget Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Astronautics, Military categories.
A Cbo Study The Army S Future Combat Systems Program And Alternatives August 2006
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language : en
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Release Date : 2006
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The Army S Future Combat Systems Program And Alternatives
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Author : Congressional Budget Congressional Budget Office
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-11-05
The Army S Future Combat Systems Program And Alternatives written by Congressional Budget Congressional Budget Office and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-05 with categories.
Roughly half of the Army's combat forces at the end of 2005 were so-called heavy units-forces that are equipped with armored vehicles and that provide significant firepower. To support those units, the Army maintains a fleet of approximately 28,000 armored vehicles. Now that the Cold War is over, some defense experts have questioned the relevance of such vehicles to the current national security strategy and their continued usefulness (notwithstanding their contributions to recent operations, such as Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom). The average age of the armored combat vehicle fleet at the end of 2005 was relatively high, and the fleet comprises vehicles designed several decades ago. Moreover, units equipped with the vehicles in the current fleet are too large and too heavy to be moved overseas easily and quickly by the Air Force's C-17s, the most numerous of its long-range transport planes. For all practical purposes, heavy units must be transported overseas by ship-a process that takes weeks. In today's environment of rapidly evolving conflicts, the Army's goal is to have units that have the combat power of heavy units but that can be transported anywhere in the world in a matter of days. To address concerns about the armored vehicle fleet's aging and the difficulties involved in transporting it-as well as to equip the Army more suitably to conduct operations overseas on short notice using forces based in the United States-the service created the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program in 2000. A major modernization effort, the program is designed in part to develop and purchase vehicles to replace those now in the heavy forces; the new vehicles would be much lighter, thereby easing the deployment of units equipped with them. But the FCS program, poised to develop a total of 18 new systems (including eight manned vehicles to replace those in the Army's current armored fleet) and a network to connect them all will not field any new vehicles until December 2014 at the earliest. Furthermore, because those new vehicles will be expensive, the Army plans to buy relatively small quantities of them each year. As a result, the armored vehicles now in the Army's combat units will not all be replaced by FCS components until after 2035, a prospect that has evoked concerns about the costs of maintaining those older vehicles and upgrading them to prevent their becoming obsolete. In addition, questions have been raised about the FCS program's technical feasibility and affordability. Some experts doubt that the Army can develop and test the necessary technologies in time to start producing lightweight manned vehicles by 2012-a requisite for meeting the deadline to field them according to the Army's current schedule. Another concern is funding for the quantities of FCS equipment that the Army is now planning to buy. Any reduction in the FCS procurement rate would force the Army to retain its already aging armored vehicles even longer and to invest more funds in their maintenance.
Analysis Of The Army S Transformation Programs And Possible Alternatives
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Author : Frances M. Lussier
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Analysis Of The Army S Transformation Programs And Possible Alternatives written by Frances M. Lussier and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The Army has initiated two programs designed to transform itself from a force focused on fighting the Cold War to one better designed to face the challenges of the 21st century. Those two programs, the Modularity Initiative and the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, would change the way the Army is organized and equipped, respectively. This study considers the near- and long-term implications of those two programs. It also examines three alternatives for modernizing the Army¿s combat forces using modified versions of the FCS program and estimates the costs and savings of those options as well as their effects on the Army¿s ability to introduce new technologies into its combat brigades. ¿An objective, impartial analysis.¿ Charts and tables.
An Analysis Of The Army S Transformation Programs And Possible Alternatives
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Author : Frances M. Lussier
language : en
Publisher: Congressional Budget Office
Release Date : 2009
An Analysis Of The Army S Transformation Programs And Possible Alternatives written by Frances M. Lussier and has been published by Congressional Budget Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.
A CBO study. Assesses the competitiveness of nuclear power compared to other sources of new capacity to generate electricity.
The Army S Future Combat System And Alternatives
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Author : Frances M. Lussier
language : en
Publisher: Executive Office of the President
Release Date : 2006-08
The Army S Future Combat System And Alternatives written by Frances M. Lussier and has been published by Executive Office of the President this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08 with categories.
Measuring The Effects Of The Business Cycle On The Federal Budget
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Author : Frank Russek
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Measuring The Effects Of The Business Cycle On The Federal Budget written by Frank Russek and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Business & Economics categories.
This report offers an alternative measure of the budget that incorporates adjustments for the effects of the business cycle. It is one of a series of periodic reports that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) submits to the Committees on the Budget reports about fiscal policy and provide baseline projections of the federal budget. This report is based on information presented in A Preliminary Analysis of the President¿s Budget and an Update of a Budget and Economic Outlook, released in March 2009. Tables and figures.
Budget Options
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Author : United States. Congressional Budget Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Budget Options written by United States. Congressional Budget Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Budget categories.
Budget Options
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
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