Lessons from the Army's Future Combat Systems Program

• Main Author: Pernin, Christopher G. (auth)
• Other Authors: Axelband, Elliot (auth), Drezner, Jeffrey A. (auth), Dille, Brian B. (auth), Gordon, John IV (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2012
• Subjects: Military engineering; Technology; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems program aimed to field an ambitious system of systems, with novel technologies integrated via an advanced wireless network. The largest and most ambitious planned acquisition program in the Army's history, it was cancelled in 2009, and some of its effo...