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1.What is Future Combat System?

Via fcs.army.mil

Future Combat Systems (FCS) is the United States Army’s principal modernization program. FCS includes 14+1+1 systems consisting of unattended ground sensors (UGS), the Non-Line of Sight – Launch System (NLOS-LS), two classes of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) organic to platoon, and Brigade Combat Team (BCT) echelons; two classes of unmanned ground vehicles, the Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV), and Multifunctional Utility/Logistics and Equipment Vehicle (MULE) variants; and the eight manned ground vehicles (14 individual systems), plus the network (14+1), plus the Soldier (14+1+1).

Via wikipedia

FCS is networked via an advanced architecture, called System of Systems Common Operating Environment (SOSCOE) ^[3] that will enable unprecedented levels of joint connectivity and situational awareness (See: Network-centric warfare) The FCS (BCT) network consists of five layers that when combined provides seamless delivery of data: The Standards, Transport, Services, Applications, and Sensors and Platforms Layers. The FCS (BCT) network possesses the adaptability and management functionality required to maintain pertinent services, while the FCS (BCT) fights on a rapidly shifting battlespace giving them the advantage to see first, understand first, act first, and finish decisively.

FCS will network existing systems, systems already under development, and systems to be developed.

FCS proponents praise its ambitious approach to linking state-of-the-art sensors, platforms, and weapons seamlessly across its network. FCS critics claim its network architecture is too “closed” (i.e. does not interact seamlessly with non-FCS programs), too expensive, and too long in the fielding.

FCS includes numerous subsystems:

• The Future Force Warrior
• The Network itself
• Manned Ground Vehicles
  • XM1202 Mounted Combat System (MCS)
  • XM1206 Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV)
  • XM1203 Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C)
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  • XM1204 Non-Line-of-Sight Mortar (NLOS-M)
  • XM1201 Reconnaissance and Surveillance Vehicle (RSV)
  • XM1209 Command and Control Vehicle (C2V)
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  • XM1207 and XM1208 Medical Vehicle (MV)
  • XM1205 Recovery and Maintenance Vehicle (FRMV)
• Unmanned ground vehicle
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• • Armed Robotic Vehicle (ARV)
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  • Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV)
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  • Multifunctional Utility/Logistics and Equipment (MULE)
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
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• • XM156 Class I UAV
  • Class II UAV
  • Class III UAV
  • MQ-8B Class IV UAV
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• Devices
  • XM501 Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System (NLOS-LS)
  • Intelligent Munitions System (IMS)
  • AN/GSR-9 and AN/GSR-10 Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS)