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Ground Sensors (UGS) developed as part of the Future Combat
System family of combat systems was recently tested by the US
Army in an urban warfare test and received positive after action
feedback from the troops. The US Army plans to introduce the
FCS-UGS to the current
force as a spin-out of FCS, as early as 2008. During the experiment,
Textron System's UGS provided real-time images to battle commanders,
allowing real-time situational understanding and actionable
intelligence.
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Another autonomous system, the Intelligent
Munition System (IMS), provided detection and successful
elimination of enemy vehicles, while a third system, known as
Overwatch, provided awareness of enemy threats and battlefield
damage assessment over the FCS network. Following a restructuring
of the FCS program, IMS has been excluded
from the FCS program to be pursued as an independent program.
According to Dennis Muilenburg, vice president and general manager
of Boeing Combat Systems and FCS program manager, "Textron
Defense Systems' Tactical and Urban Unattended Ground Sensors
and Situation Understanding software performed flawlessly and
received positive feedback during the Soldier's After Action
Review. This sets a great foundation for Spin-Out
1 to the current force."
Textron Defense Systems was named a Future Combat Systems Tier
1 contractor and the UGS provider to the FCS program in 2003.
Overwatch, Tactical Operations, also a Tier 1 FCS One Team Partner,
is the lead contractor for the development of the Situational
Understanding (SU) component of the Battle Command family of
systems
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