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Future Combat SystemsSOS Characteristics and Critical Success Factors

Future Combat SystemsSOS Characteristics and Critical Success Factors

Edgar DalrympleAssociate Director, Software and

Distributed Systems

October, 2006

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Agenda

•System Overview

•Complexity

•Critical Success Factors

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FCS System-of-Systems (SoS)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Class II Class III Class IV

Class I

ARV-A (L)

Small (Manpackable) UGV

MULE(Countermine)

MULE(Transport)

Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Unattended Ground Sensors

Armed Robotic Vehicle (ARV)

Unattended Munitions

ARV RSTAARV Aslt

Intelligent MunitionsSystems

NLOS LS

8-1-06

Infantry CarrierVehicle (ICV)

Manned Systems

Command andControl Vehicle (C2V)

Reconnaissance andSurveillance Vehicle (RSV)

Mounted Combat System (MCS)

Non-Line of SightCannon (NLOS-C)

Non-Line of Sight Mortar (NLOS-M)

Medical VehicleTreatment (MV-T)

FCS Recovery and Maintenance Vehicle (FRMV)

Medical VehicleEvacuation (MV-E)

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Breadth of Scope

• Developmental Engineering for a new fleet of Manned Ground Combat Vehicle (HW & SW)

• Developmental Engineering for a new fleet of Unmanned Ground and Aerial Vehicles (HW & SW)

• Developmental Engineering for Distributed System (HW and SW)– Networked integration of FCS systems

• Sensors• Effectors• Maneuver Elements

– Networked integration of existing Army/Joint Systems– Networked/Embedded training– Networked/Embedded prognostics/sustainment

• Development and Integration of Tactical and Strategic Networks• Development of new Army Organizational Structures (Brigade Combat Team) and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures

• Development of Modeling and Simulation Environment to support Simulation Based Acquisition (including Operational Test)

• Incremental fielding of products to current forces (Spin Outs)

Fixed Cost and ScheduleFixed Cost and Schedule

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Complexity of Concurrent Engineering

•Operational Concept Development•Force Effectiveness Modeling•Operational Architecture Development•Technology Maturation•Engineering Process Coordination and Alignment•SoS Requirements Development•Platform Requirements Development•Distributed Systems Requirements Development•Operational Software Development•Platform Simulation Development•Other Models and Simulations (terrain, Red Forces) Acquisition and Integration

•Technical and Operational Test Planning•Production planning

All Activities are Currently OngoingAll Activities are Currently Ongoing

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Critical Success Factors

•Baseline Management–Clarity and Control–Agility of Change

•Organizational Efficiency–Within LSI/Army–Across One Team Partners (Suppliers)

•Concurrency Management–Anchor Points–Check Point Process

•Feasibility Assessments–Compound Risk–Integrated Status–Demonstrated Performance

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What We’ve Learned

•Communications requirements are enormous

•Our Organization is a Culture of Cultures–Top is very agile with ideas and desires–Bottom is more cautious and pragmatic

•Outside organizations are transforming as well–Testers and Evaluators–Certification and Release Authorities–Auditors

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Summary

•What is working–Check Points for SW –Staff adjustments to concurrency–Outside Experts/Oversight Agency Access

•What can be improved–Anchor Points for Systems Engineering–Flexibility in Criteria for Checkpoints/Anchor Points•Go/No-Go versus Risk Assessment•Incremental Feasibility Assessment