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March 7, 19:15 EST
WASHINGTON -- An industry team of the Boeing Co. in Seattle and Science Applications International Corp. in McLean, Va., won the lead systems-integration job March 7 in the first phase of the U.S. Department of Defense Future Combat Systems program -- better know as FCS.
The FCS is to be a network of systems including manned and unmanned aircraft and ground vehicles capable of assault, indirect fire, air defense, reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition, communications, command, and control.
Sponsoring the FCS program are leaders of the U.S. Army and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Experts from Boeing and SAIC will lead the concept and technology-development phase of the FCS program under terms of a $154 million 16-month contract awarded March 7.
The Boeing-SAIC team will support the Army's development of the concept design, organization and operational structure, and performance specifications for the FCS program.
Team members will develop the architecture for the so-called "system of systems," will evaluate potential ideas and technologies, and conduct demonstrations.
DARPA and Army program managers expect the team's work to lead into the system development and demonstration phase during the third quarter of 2003. "Future Combat Systems is a major step in the transformation of the Army," says Claude Bolton, assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology.
Military & Aerospace Electronics
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