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WASHINGTON \u2014The Army has spent years taking gut punches to its budget and end-strength and subsequently its modernization efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But while there\u2019s still a lot of budgetary uncertainty, Congress wants the service to grow its force back and the president\u2019s fiscal year 2018 budget request was substantially larger than previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has given the service an opportunity to resurrect its major modernization efforts that have been pushed aside in favor of maintaining current force readiness to respond to ever growing contingencies worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in May, the Army requested a \u201csizeable uptick\u201d of $600 million from what was enacted in FY17, Maj. Gen. Thomas Horlander, the Army\u2019s budget director, said at the time. The total modernization budget request in FY18 is $26.8 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But having the money isn\u2019t always enough to get modernization off the ground, so the Army is standing up a new modernization command to see its major efforts through to the final product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army initiated \u201ca realignment of modernization responsibilities under a new organization,\u201d on Oct. 3, an Army spokesman told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new organization will implement Cross Functional Teams (CFTs) that align with the Army\u2019s six modernization priorities: long-range precision fires, next-generation combat vehicle, future vertical lift, the network, air-and-missile defense and soldier lethality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis reorganization will establish unity of command and effort by consolidating the modernization process under one roof,\u201d the spokesman said. \u201cThis realignment of responsibilities is not additional force structure, but rather a streamlining of work which will serve to overcome the bureaucratic inertia and stove-piping found in the Army\u2019s current construct.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also a crucial time to ensure modernization is geared toward the Army\u2019s new focus on its multi-domain battle construct, to prove the concept isn\u2019t just a paper tiger by bending metal into real capability that aligns with the way the Army envisions operations now and in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will do what it takes to build an agile adaptive Army of the future. We need to listen and learn first from the Army itself and from other services, from our interagency partners and also from private sectors and even our critics,\u201d Maj. Gen. Bo Dyess, the acting director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC), told Defense News in an interview shortly before the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDeveloping a lethal, professional, but technically competent force requires an openness to new ideas and new ways of doing things in an increasingly complex world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley\u2019s modernization priorities align well with what Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), in which ARCIC is a part, has identified as capability gaps that need to be filled in order to fight effectively in a multi-domain battle environment, Dyess said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while the top six priorities are the focus, \u201cit\u2019s not the only thing that we\u2019re doing,\u201d he noted, \u201cbut those are the things that we thought would have the biggest bang for the buck and making up gaps that have developed based on assumptions that we\u2019ve made.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a look at efforts underway for each of the top six Army modernization priorities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long-range precision fires<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LRPF is being developed to replace the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) capability with a maximum range greater than 400 kilometers. The Army also wants a launch pod missile container that holds a minimum of one missile and is compatible with existing launchers platforms such as the Multiple Launch Rocket System and the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having long-range fire power is crucial to multi-domain battle because it\u2019s a means to deliver terrain-shaping capabilities from the ground,\u201d Dyess said. Terrain-shaping capabilities \u201care the ones that are able to deny the enemy the ability to maneuver on certain portions on the ground and turn them into areas which are more favorable for U.S. and coalition forces to engage,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dyess noted that Adm. Harry Harris, U.S. Pacific Command commander, said at a panel at AUSA a year ago, that he would like to have an LRPF capability from the Army that\u2019s able to be used in the maritime domain as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo that\u2019s where the cross-domain aspect comes in, he said, \u201cto have a ground formation being able to support a combatant commander in multiple domains.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite LRPF being a top priority for the Army, it has pushed the development plan for LRPF out by a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Army pushes Long-Range Precision Fires development out by a year<\/a><\/i>]
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The Army had planned to enter the technology and risk reduction phase of the program in the second quarter of 2016 but in the FY18 budget request the milestone was pushed back a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Army wants a launch pod missile container that is compatible with the M142 high mobility rocket system, shown here in action in 2016 in Kuwait. (Sgt. Aaron Ellerman\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Two companies — Raytheon and Lockheed Martin \u2014 are competing for an engineering and manufacturing development contract \u2014 with an anticipated award now expected in the second quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked if it was possible to speed up the LRPF development schedule, Dyess said, \u201cI\u2019ll just say that it\u2019s at the top of our modernization priorities list.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next-generation combat vehicle<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army has dismal track record when it comes procuring brand new vehicles. The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, the Army\u2019s Humvee replacement is the recent exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service is still feeling the sting from the failure of its Future Combat System and the Ground Combat Vehicle program, but Army officials have stressed over the past year that it\u2019s imperative it successfully build a new next-generation combat vehicle to maintain future overmatch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army\u2019s efforts to prototype capabilities for an NGCV are taking shape as a collaborative endeavor between industry and the service. The Army\u2019s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center just awarded an industry team to build two prototypes by Sept. 30, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Next-gen combat vehicle prototype efforts emerge<\/a><\/i>]
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The TARDEC NGCV concept will feature a 50mm cannon \u2014 pushing well beyond the upgunned Stryker Dragoon with its 30mm cannon headed to Europe early next year \u2014 and will be designed to operate with a two person crew and six soldiers with a split squad or fire team in the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To answer the Army’s mobile short-range air defense capability gap, Oshkosh Defense brought a version of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to AUSA 2017 with an Avenger air defense launcher on the back. (Photo courtesy of Oshkosh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The NGCV is \u201ca key part of the Army to be able to maneuver on a future battlefield,\u201d Dyess said, \u201cand the development of that next-generation combat vehicle that would seek to improve our capability of our maneuver formation against a peer adversary in the areas of lethality, mobility and transportability and also reducing logistical demands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future vertical lift<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army is very close to seeing two demonstrator aircraft fly as part of its Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Demonstrator program program. The demonstration will help the Army understand what is in the realm of the possible and will help it shape requirements when it starts the FVL program of record officially in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bell Helicopter\u2019s V-280 Valor tiltrotor helicopter will begin flying very shortly and was going through a series of restrained ground runs beginning last month with the expectation it will start hitting the skies later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bell Helicopter is nearing first flight for the V-280 Valor, its newest tiltrotor helicopter. Bell is developing the Valor as part of the Army’s program to develop a future medium-lift helicopter to replace its fleet of Black Hawks. Bell is building and testing the Valor at its Amarillo, Texas, production facility.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

[Bell Helicopter \u2018within days\u2019 of first ground trials for V-280 Valor tilt-rotor<\/a><\/i>]
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The Sikorsky-Boeing offering \u2014 its SB-1 Defiant coaxial helicopter \u2014 is behind schedule and won\u2019t begin flying until late next spring or early summer due to some rotor blade manufacturing challenges that have since been resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Defiant\u2019s delay due to blade manufacturing challenges<\/a><\/i>]
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The Army also doesn\u2019t have a good track record in procuring new helicopters in recent years failing several times to procure a new armed reconnaissance helicopter, instead choosing to use the AH-64 Apache helicopter teamed with Shadow unmanned aircraft systems to fill the armed scout role after the service retired its OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the process it\u2019s taking to get to an FVL program of record using prototyping seems to be catching on elsewhere, such as in the NGCV program and even its developmental effort to get a future runway independent UAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The network<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where the network is headed is a bit more hazy. Army officials were called to testify before the House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee in late September to discuss its strategy to modernize the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And those officials were met with unhappy lawmakers who said they could not support plans to shift a half-billion dollars to revamp the ailing network without a detailed explanation from the Army on what is next for the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Lawmakers to US Army: If network programs worth $6B are discarded, what\u2019s next?<\/a><\/i>]
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After months of getting slammed by lawmakers, like Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., for investing roughly $6 billion in the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical system \u2014 the service\u2019s tactical network backbone that was deemed no longer suitable to perform well against emerging threats like electronic attack \u2014 the Army halted the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[US Army to halt WIN-T \u2014 its battlefield network backbone<\/i><\/a>]
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But didn\u2019t come up with much of a strategy to replace WIN-T or how it was going to shape the network overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All that is really known is the Army plans to invest a great deal of reprogrammed dollars \u2014 freed up by the halting of WIN-T and a few other programs \u2014 to modernize the network in a more rapid and agile way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air-and-missile defense<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army has dragged its heels on modernizing its air-and-missile defense capabilities in a few areas, most notably choosing to incrementally upgrade its aging Patriot air-and-missile defense system rather than rapidly moving forward on its Integrated Air-and-Missile Defense (IAMD) program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the Army announced this year that intends to hold a competition to replace its Patriot radar and plans to begin analysis of materiel solutions in fiscal year 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[US Army to hold competition for Patriot radar replacement<\/a><\/i>]
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The service has spent years grappling with when and how it will replace its current Raytheon-manufactured Patriot system first fielded in 1982. At one point, the U.S. Army planned to procure Lockheed Martin\u2019s Medium Extended Air Defense System as the replacement, but it canceled its plans to acquire the system, opting instead to procure key components of a new Integrated Air and Missile Defense System, or IAMD, separately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northrop Grumman is developing the IAMD\u2019s Integrated Battle Command System, the command and control architecture for the system, but its initial fielding is delayed by four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key to the future system is to have a 360-degree threat detection capability achieved through a new radar. The current radar has blind spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While medium-range AMD is still a focus, the Army is also turning its attention to filling an urgent capability gap in the European theater \u2014 the ability to defend against air threats at short range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[From Flying Tiger to Iron Dome, a SHORAD renaissance is underway<\/a><\/i>]
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The Army hosted a demonstration to rapidly find Short-Range Air Defense solutions to fill the gap last month and continues to assess options for interim solutions and down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldier lethality<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army is focused on finding lighter, safer but more lethal solutions for the soldier whether that comes in the form of a new rifle, ammunition, grenades or other weapon systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have got some thoughts about the next-generation of squad weapon,\u201d Dyess said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dubbed the ‘Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle,” the Army is looking to replace the M249 squad automatic weapon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The focus now for small arms is on the existing program for the 7.62mm Interim Capability Squad Designated Marksman rifle and evaluations are being conducted for an intermediate caliber round and rifle combination between 5.56mm and 7.62mm in order to develop a new infantry rifle to replace the M4 carbine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But also robotics and autonomous systems can enhance soldier lethality and the Army is studying how they aid the warfighter whether that is to lighten the load or to send systems, rather than soldiers, into harm\u2019s way, providing more stand-off from danger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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