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FSCS部署與相關資料圖
Following 21 months of concentrated activity to set up the co-operative FSCS/TRACER program, the UK signed the Armoured Scout and Reconnaissance Vehicle Memorandum of Understanding on 07 July 1998. The US signed the document on 26 February 1998 but final UK approval was delayed until the UK Strategic Defence Review was concluded. An Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the Advanced Technology Demonstrator / Project Definition (ATD/PD) was issued to Industry on 09 July 1998 with a 75 calendar day tender response period.
The MoU itself covers the entire program although much of the detail for successive phases will be negotiated later on and published in supplements to the document. The ITT was issued to two Tenderers: SIKA International, a company formed for the program by Lockheed Martin and British Aerospace; and LANCER, a consortium led by GEC-Marconi. Both consortia comprise a mixture of US and UK companies to enable work to be shared equitably between the industries of both nations. The Joint Project Office (JPO) called for in the MoU is now formally established. It comprises two symmetrical elements, one at the UK’s Procurement Executive in Abbey Wood, Bristol, the other at the US Army’s Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) in Warren, Michigan. Technical advice to the JPO is provided by the US Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) at Warren, supported by other US technical commands, and by the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA).
By FY03 the ARDEC Advanced Light Armaments for Combat Vehicles (ALACV) STO will demonstrate 25/35mm ammunitions with 75% or greater improvement in lethality compared to conventional point detonating munitions and 20-40% improvement compared to existing KE & bursting munitions. The ALACV will develop two types of munitions (anti-personnel and anti-armor) to meet the Future Scout and Cavalry System (FSCS) and the Future Infantry Vehicle (FIV) lethality requirements.
The FSCS ATD will fast track in FY02 to the EMD phase of the FSCS program. FSCS is the replacement combat vehicle for the M1114 HMWWV in Armor and Mechanized Infantry Battalion Scout Platoons and the M3A2/3 CFV in Division and Regimental Cavalry Squadrons.
The Fiscal Year 2001 Army budget request included decisions to restructure or "divest" a number of programs in order to provide some of the resources to support its transformation to achieve the ambitious deployment goals outlined in the October 1999 Army Vision. The restructured programs are the Crusader and the Future Scout and Cavalry System. The "divestitures" include Heliborne Prophet (Air), MLRS Smart Tactical Rocket (MSTAR), Stinger Block II, Command and Control Vehicle (C2V), Grizzly, Wolverine, and the Army Tactical Missile System Block IIA. Funding for these programs was reallocated to fund the Army Vision transformation strategy. |
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