Future Combat Systems
SOS Characteristics and Critical Success Factors
Edgar Dalrymple
Associate Director, Software and
Distributed Systems
October, 2006
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Case GOVT 06-6153, 02 October 2006
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Agenda
•System Overview
•Complexity
•Critical Success Factors
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FCS System-of-Systems (SoS)
Infantry Carrier
Vehicle (ICV)
Manned Systems
Command and
Control Vehicle (C2V)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Class IV
Class I
Class II
Class III
Mounted Combat
System (MCS)
Unattended Munitions
Unattended
Ground
Sensors
NLOS LS
Intelligent
Munitions
Systems
Reconnaissance and
Surveillance Vehicle (RSV)
Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Non-Line of Sight
Cannon (NLOS-C)
Non-Line of Sight Mortar (NLOS-M)
Small
(Manpackable) UGV
ARV Aslt
ARV RSTA
FCS Recovery and
Maintenance
Vehicle (FRMV)
Medical Vehicle
Treatment (MV-T)
Armed Robotic
Vehicle (ARV)
Medical Vehicle
ARV-A (L)
(MV-E)
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MULE
MULE
(Countermine)
(Transport)
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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 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 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
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