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Defense Update Issue 1, 2008	FCS Vehicles Move On The new family of vehicles is introducing many new capabilities to the Army, including electrical propulsion for combat vehicles.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	Fire Away: Army in a Rush to Produce New Cannon The Future Combat Systems program plans to unveil the first functioning non-line-of-sight cannon.
National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson	Future Combat Vehicles Will Fall Short of Preferred Weight Officials working on the Army modernization program admitted that they will not reach the preferred weight for the FCS family of combat vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007 Courtney E. Howard	FCS is Coming to Fruition Industry players advance vehicle electronics in an effort to put Future Combat Systems in the hands of current-force soldiers sooner than expected.
National Defense May 2010 Stew Magnuson	Army Resuscitates Mobile Artillery Program The Army's new self-propelled artillery system, the Paladin Integrated Management program (PIM) is made up of recycled and outdated cannon parts.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2009 John Keller	FCS: Too Big to Fail, or Too Juicy a Target to Succeed? The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program appears to be finished -- at least as originally conceived
National Defense February 2009 Matthew Rusling	High-Tech Vehicles Promise Fuel Savings -- Years From Now For the Army, trying to cut its fuel use to significantly lower levels is simply not possible with its current fleet. Its old, gas-guzzling engines can be tweaked, but real fuel economy requires a shift to hybrid-electric technology
Popular Mechanics December 2007 Erik Sofge	Army Sends World's First Hybrid-Electric Howitzer to War An eco-friendly war machine might sound like an oxymoron. But the Army chose hybrid-electric drivetrains for their new Manned Ground Vehicles not for their fuel efficiency or decreased emissions, but for a number of battlefield advantages.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Army Officials cut FCS Program from 18 Systems to 14 U.S. Army officials have restructured the Future Combat Systems program to modernize the current force, while also providing the future force with advanced technology.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Wheeled Wonders and Road Warriors Major defense industry vendors and contractors are contributing to the advancement and success of combat vehicles designed to take advantage of the best technologies available now and in the future.
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Next Combat Vehicle: New Beginning or FCS Sequel? The Army is racing toward a September deadline to present a convincing case to the secretary of defense that it should receive funds to begin designing a new combat vehicle next year.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Struggles With Weight Of Future Combat Systems Only weeks before a crucial Pentagon review, officials overseeing the Army's Future Combat Systems continue to search for ways to lower the weight of new vehicle designs. A key requirement in FCS is that all vehicles be transportable by C-130 cargo aircraft.
National Defense May 2004 Sandra Erwin	Army Not Yet Sold On Hybrid Vehicles The Army's decision to stop funding the production of hybrid-electric Humvees is a clear sign that military vehicles will continue to be a tough sell in the world of fuel-efficient technologies.
National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson	Skeptics Watch Cannon Progress Closely The Future Combat Systems non-line-of-sight cannon, currently weighing 27 tons, will be the first large piece of FCS equipment to be delivered to a brigade for evaluation.
Popular Mechanics June 26, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Shift on Future Combat Systems Will Rush High-Tech Gear to Iraq Pentagon officials announced big changes for its closely watched Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, aiming to bring combat sensors and robots to the battlefield more quickly.
National Defense September 2007 Breanne Wagner	Navigation System Advances Army's Pursuit of Unmanned Vehicles The Army will begin a series of tests in October that could demonstrate whether ground combat robots can find their way autonomously in the battlefield.
National Defense November 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	For Army's Future Combat Vehicles, Flying by C-130 No Longer Required There's been an evolution in thinking in the Army on transportability. Building an 18-ton vehicle that can survive the rigors of combat like an Abrams proved to be too hard and unrealistic from an engineering standpoint.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2006 John McHale	Robots Are Fearless The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems program will integrate unmanned ground vehicles into a future force. Autonomous ground vehicles promise to be a major paradigm shift in ground warfare.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 J.R. Wilson	Army Plans Extensive Training and Simulation Infrastructure for Future Combat System The Army has created a unique special unit called the Evaluation Brigade Combat Team (EBCT) to test and evaluate every component of the new Future Combat System (FCS) before fielding.
Parameters November 2004 Scott Boston	Toward a Protected Future Force The US Army plans to introduce its next-generation ground force quickly, starting with an experimental battalion by the end of the decade and a full brigade--called a Unit of Action--in 2014.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006	Barco to Provide Rugged Display Workstations for BAE Systems NLOS-cannon Early Prototypes Systems designers at BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP needed rugged displays for prototypes of the future U.S. Army Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon early prototypes. They found their solution from Barco.
National Defense August 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Future Combat Systems Accelerated, One More Time Watchers of the Army's largest ever high-tech weapons project, the Future Combat Systems, may have experienced a classic case of deja vu last month -- when the service announced its latest plan to rush FCS technologies to the front lines.
National Defense May 2010 Stew Magnuson	Army Seeks to Quiet Skeptics As it Tries New Acquisition Strategy One year after Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled the Army's Future Combat Systems program, service leaders say they are moving forward with a new acquisition regime.
National Defense July 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Next Combat Vehicle: Cheaper and Simpler The Army lost a bruising battle to save its Future Combat Systems. Now the service is hoping that it can pick up the pieces and move on, although it's not yet clear how.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005 Ben Ames	Vetronics for the Future Combat System The next-generation vetronics systems will be a single web that can share data among themselves, with neighboring vehicles, and even with nearby soldiers and distant commanders.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004 John Keller	Vetronics of the Future Combat System The electronic and optoelectronic technologies of the future battlefield will help provide unprecedented situational awareness and maneuver capability to U.S. and allied ground troops.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2009 Courtney E. Howard	Army National Guard Unit Trains with FCS Micro Unmanned Vehicle Members of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard are the first warfighters to train with a gasoline-powered, micro air vehicle (gMAV) prior to their deployment to Iraq this month.
National Defense June 2009	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Working with allies... Robots in the military... Lessons from future combat systems...
National Defense May 2007 Sandra Erwin	Big-Ticket Army Program Still Lacks Communications Network The communications network that is the basis for the Army's $160 billion "future combat systems" continues to suffer setbacks and its costs are expected to soar.
National Defense January 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Armored Force: Mix of Old and New Amid uncertainty about the prospect of its ambitious "future combat systems" program, the Army is forging ahead with plans to deploy up to 35 new armored brigades.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006	Boeing and SAIC Award Honeywell Contract to Develop FCS Class I UAVs Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corp., functioning as the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat System program, awarded a contract to Honeywell Defense & Space Electronic Systems to develop the Class I Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System (UAVS).
National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Wants Trucks That `Survive' Combat Repeated attacks on truck convoys in Iraq have prompted the Army to revisit its requirements for future logistics vehicles.
National Defense July 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Wrangling Over Future Combat Systems Raises Larger Questions A contentious bout of budget drills on Capitol Hill this year featured the Army's top brass mounting a passionate defense of its prized Future Combat Systems.
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Initiates Study to Measure Value of Precision-Guided Weapons The soaring prices of precision-guided munitions have spawned yet another round of debates in the Army on the role these weapons will play on future battlefields and whether they are worth the cost.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 Courtney E. Howard	General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins Debut First Integrated Computer Systems for the Future Combat Systems Program The integration will deliver Future Combat System (FCS)-equipped military units with exceptional processing, networking, data-storage, and information assurance capabilities.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing Says A-B-C-U-Later to $160 Billion Program The Pentagon confirmed that it is officially putting an end to its "$160 billion" Future Combat Systems program in its current form, heading off taxpayer fears that runaway costs could morph FCS into a $300 billion boondoggle.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2006 John McHale	Boeing Future Combat System Shows Maturity in Joint Experiment The U.S. Army's Future Combat System program, managed by the Lead Systems Integrator team of Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corporation, demonstrated networking and systems capabilities in the first of two major field experiments scheduled for 2006.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Wilson, Gordon & Johnson	An Alternative Future Force: Building a Better Army The Army's transformation concept rests on a set of major assumptions that should be questioned. This article suggests an alternative pathway for preparing US ground forces to meet the challenges of the next several decades.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008	BAE Systems Selects Rockwell Collins' Crew Displays for FCS Manned Ground Vehicles The rugged, high-resolution, 17-inch diagonal, flat-panel displays will serve as the primary information monitor for the family of combat ground vehicles fielded as part of FCS.
National Defense June 2012 Dan Parsons	Vehicles Strut Their Stuff in Desert Trials The evaluation of non-developmental vehicles is part of a larger analysis of alternatives mandated by the Defense Department to ferret out available commercial technologies that might fit the bill for variants of the Ground Combat Vehicle.
National Defense March 2011 Grace V. Jean	Ground Combat Vehicle Program May Not Yield What Army Intends, Analysts Say As the Army pursues its latest effort to develop a new ground combat vehicle, analysts say that the high-stakes program may already be headed for technological disappointment.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2005 Ben Ames	Army combat simulator uses RGB recorders DGx real-time digital recording system from RGB Spectrum are being used to capture real-time information from the network for a U.S. Army Future Combat Systems simulator.
National Defense April 2005 Mike Cast	Simulations Test Army Future Combat Systems The U.S. Army is testing the network of communications that enables effective communication among vehicles in combat.
National Defense December 2011	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers respond to articles about army modernization and reworking the defense budget.
National Defense May 2007 Stew Magnuson	Soldiers Test Tools for Urban Surveillance Field tests begin for the first technologies scheduled to reach soldiers' hands from the Future Combat Systems program.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Fueling the Future The U.S. Army is tapping various electric and electronic power-supply technologies for next-generation Future Combat Systems soldiers and vehicles.
National Defense August 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Soldiers Benefit From `Rapid Fielding' Mentality Among the organizations that really have pulled out all the stops to get needed technology to the field quickly is the Army Research Development and Engineering Command.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006	Boeing standardizes FCS device development on Wind River Workbench Wind River's Workbench will be applied across the FCS program to develop the system-of-systems common operating environment (SoSCOE).
National Defense September 2006 Stew Magnuson	Fears of Enemy Tampering Could Sideline New Sensors The sensors, part of the Army's Future Combat Systems project, could be fielded as early as 2008 -- if the Army can get around an impasse with the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008	In Brief Lockheed Martin C4ISR equipment onboard National Security Cutter Waesche... BAE Systems fires first shot from Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon prototype... etc.