Transcript Keynote Address for the 2004 Combat Vehicles Conference Mr. Kevin M. Fahey Program Executive Officer Ground Combat Systems 8 September 2004

Keynote Address
for the
2004 Combat Vehicles Conference
Mr. Kevin M. Fahey
Program Executive Officer
Ground Combat Systems
8 September 2004
Trivia Question
How Many Ground Combat and Tactical
Wheeled Platforms Does the Army
Currently Manage?
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Answer
Over 300,000
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Trivia Question
What is the Estimated Aging of Vehicles
in Iraq Versus in Peacetime
Operations?
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Answer
10 to 12 Times Greater Aging In
Operation Iraqi Freedom Versus
Peacetime Operations
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We Are At War
PM Combat Systems
M113 FOV
PM BCT (Stryker)
PM LW155
JPM Robotics Sys
Paladin
Bradley FOV
Abrams Tank System
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Stryker in Iraq
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Stryker Deployment Overview
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Stryker deployed in theater for 9 months
– Fleet has driven over 2.7 million total miles
– Stryker vehicles maintained average OR rate over 95%
2,500 miles per year
was planned
OPTEMO
2,000
1,868
1,734
1,813
1,778
1,556
1,464
1,500
1,300
1,288
1,000
820
500
0
ICV
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RV
MCV
CV
FSV
MEV
ATGM
ESV
Total
OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
93
94
95
96
97
98
96
97
98
98
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The War on Terror Will Not Be Short
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Continuously Rejuvenate Today's Fleet
Replace Parts With More Reliable Parts
Leverage Commercial Innovation
Use Block Improvements for Vehicle Architectures Upgrades
Crew Survivability is a Permanent Requirement
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Challenges
• Increased Fuel Efficiency
• Increased Reliability
• Reduced Maintenance
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Lessons Learned
• War has changed our
thoughts and requirements
for future combat vehicles
and trucks as to:
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Survivability
Armor
Hull Shape
Communication
Equipment
– Reliability/Maintainability
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TACOM/PEO Community
RESET Mission
“Sustain and RESET combat-ready forces to meet all aspects of Army
mission requirements”
“Support level of effort to meet the Army
requirement to return the force to fully ready
status. RESET includes all units and/or
organizations that were directly involved in
OIF/OEF. RESET also includes future
deployment missions.”
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RESET Objectives
• RESET
– Return the equipment to 10/20 standards or higher within
180-365 day timeframe.
• RESET - National Level
– Equipment that was deployed that has been identified as
requiring repair beyond 10/20 standard.
• RESET - Retail Level
– Deployed equipment that units will bring to 10/20 standard
at home station with support from TACOM/PEO
community.
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Partnering = Success
AMC
DLA
INDUSTRY
Redeploy
FORSCOM
Deploy
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Areas of Immediate Focus
Train and Equip Soldiers and Grow
Leaders
•The Soldier
•The Bench
•Army Aviation
•Leader Development and Education
•Combat Training Centers/Battle
Command Training Program
Enable the Force
•Installations as Flagships
•Resource Processes
•Strategic Communications
•Authorities, Responsibilities,
and Accountability
Provide Relevant and Ready Land Power
Capability to the Combatant Commander and the
Joint Team
• Current to Future Force
• The Network
• Modularity
• Joint and Expeditionary Mindset
• AC/RC Balance
• Force Stabilization
• Actionable Intelligence
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Transforming for a Changing Environment
’97 QDR
2 MTWs
State-on-State
Cross Border Conflict
Moderate
Smaller-Scale Contingencies
Low
Irregular
Lower Intensity
Conventional
High Intensity
’04 Defense Strategy
High
Campaign Capable
Joint & Expeditionary
Army
Industrial Age
Near Peer
Long Term Hedge
New Technology
Warfighting Capability
• Army Strategic Planning
Board
• RESET Task Force
Strategic Emphasis
High
Strategic Emphasis
• The Army Plan Section IV –
The Army Campaign Plan (ACP)
• Army Transformation Roadmap
Ungoverned areas
Stability Ops
Low-end Asymmetric
1-“4”-2-1
GWOT
Asymmetric,
Discontinuous
technologies
Superiority in the
Commons
Dominance in Close
Conventional War
Low
Irregular
Lower Intensity
Conventional
High Intensity
Long Term Hedge
New Technology
Warfighting Capability
Simultaneously executing GWOT while Transforming our capabilities to
Support the Defense Strategy
Modularity and acceleration of Future Combat Systems capabilities into the
Current Force are critical
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Modularity Objectives
Combat Systems
• Massive transformation of Army force structure on-going under
tight timelines
• Transformation involves realignment from corps, division,
brigade structure to modular unit of employment/action
structure
– Modularity – USF – Reset are NOT Synchronized
– Leverage RESET and Modularity
• Realignment requires significant organizational and geographic
movement of systems, personnel, and support infrastucture
• Secondary Items – Shortages across the Army
– Impacts supportability
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The Process
Capability
Need
Acquire
Operate/Sustain
Develop Upgrade/Modernize
Contract
FMS
Test
Provision
Field
Retire
Demil
acquisition
ACQUISITION
D O T L M P F
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Current Future Force Acquisition
FCS
S&T; Defense; Commercial; Foreign
Current
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Future
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Acceleration Strategy
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Electric & Hybrid Electric Vehicle
(HEV)Technology
On-going Army S&T programs addressing system architecture, component & integration issues
HE Drive
Adaptations
for learning &
demonstration
New designs for HEV
evaluation & demonstration
High
Power
Laser
High
Power
Microwave
ETC
Gun
EM
Armor
Other
Pulsed
Loads
Hybrid Electric
M113
AHED
8X8
PULSED POWER
Pulse forming networks
and/or pulsed flywheels,
POWER
GENERATION
Diesel-Generator or
Turbine-generator
ENERGY STORAGE
Li-Ion Batteries
and/or Flywheel
MOBILITY
Traction motors, EM
suspension, steering
Start
Main
Hybrid Electric Bradley
Future Scout &
Cavalry System
CONTINUOUS POWER
CONDITIONING &
DISTRIBUTION
Converters, inverters,
power electronics, dc or
ac buses, grounding
shields, fault control
THERMAL
MANAGEMENT
Heat exchangers,
fans, pumps, fluids
Systems Integration
Laboratory (SIL)
Hybrid Electric
HMMWV
Temporary offvechicle loads
(e.g. Soldier Power
battery charging
Life Support
Systems
C4ISR
Systems
Control
Systems
Onboard
Auxiliaries
Future Tactical Truck
(FTTS)
HEV key enabler of transformation to lightweight, fuel efficient tactical and combat vehicles
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Industrial Base
• Responsive
• Viable
• Diverse
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Major Focus
Integrating all the current activities into one
investment strategy
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