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FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEM [5 records]

Record 1 2018-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Helicopters (Military)
  • Types of Aircraft
CONT

UCAR [for] Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft... will be an all-weather, highly autonomous and survivable unmanned rotorcraft fully integrated into the Army's objective force combat maneuver force structure. The system, which enables ground maneuver force superiority, will be capable of collaborating with multiple UCARs and other manned and unmanned systems. Unlike other unmanned aerial vehicles, however, the UCAR will not have a dedicated ground station. Instead, the system will integrate into existing command and control platforms, such as the Future Combat Systems command and control vehicle and combat aviation. Capable of autonomous mission planning while in flight, the UCAR will request guidance from a human operator only for tasking and final weapons authorization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
  • Types d'aéronefs
OBS

Dans le cadre du programme Ucar, Boeing a breveté un nouveau concept de drône hélicoptère de combat [...], furtif et modulaire [...] Les ingénieurs de Boeing proposent d'intégrer la turbine dans le plan vertical. [...] Positionner la turbine dans l'axe même du rotor, où se trouve le centre de masse du véhicule, revient, en effet, à limiter sa capacité d'emport tant en masse qu'en volume. Les inventeurs proposent ici de redistribuer la charge utile dans trois bras carénés et détachables, disposés en étoile autour d'une structure porteuse centrale. Pour contrôler le couple principal, contrôler l'attitude et manœuvrer l'engin, un sous-système hybride a été privilégié. Il se compose d'une soufflante contra-rotative coaxiale au rotor principal, carénée dans la structure centrale, et de petits réacteurs à jets d'air comprimé, régulés par des «valves» et installés aux bouts de chaque bras. L'air comprimé au niveau de la turbine, est conduit à destination par simple tuyauterie. Quant à la soufflante anti-couple, elle participe au circuit de refroidissement en ventilant la structure centrale qu'échauffe la turbine.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothing (Military)
  • Modernization of Military Equipment
CONT

The SIHS [Soldier's Integrated Headwear System] headborne system should be designed with warfighting in mind; predominantly for high tempo operations... The highest priority system capability for the headborne system is protection. Chief among these is protection against high and low velocity fragments [and] blast... Similarly, blast and impulse noise injury to the ears has been identified as important from both a protection and a command and control perspective. The future headborne system also needs to integrate CB [chemical and biological] protection for skin and respiration [and needs to include GPS [global positioning system] and radio antennae on the helmet, as well as any combat [identification] detector technology. For camouflage,... temperate and hot environments [are] important and... any future system [needs] to manage light, noise and thermal emissions to avoid detection by the enemy.... Compatibility with weapons, CB protective equipment, and corrective vision spectacles were seen to be essential for the dismounted rifleman role.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habillement (Militaire)
  • Modernisation du matériel militaire

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ground Installations (Air Forces)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)
  • Remote Control (Telecommunications)
  • Aerospace Equipment (Military)
CONT

The common ground station(CGS) is a rapidly deployable and mobile tactical sensor data processing and dissemination center mounted on two high mobility multi-wheeled vehicles(HMMWVs) that supports interim functionality DCGS [distributed common ground system] as part of future combat system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations au sol (Forces aériennes)
  • Commandes de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Commandes à distance (Télécommunications)
  • Matériel aérospatial (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guns (Land Forces)
  • Infantry
CONT

The objective crew served weapon (OCSW) is an integrated machine gun system which couples the firepower of air bursting munitions with optoelectronic fire control to provide all-environment operation and enhanced lethality. The OCSW is an ultra-light, two-man portable,crew-served weapon system incorporating state-of-the-art electronics, advanced materials, and small arms technologies.

CONT

The objective crew served weapon(OCSW), XM307, will be the dismounted infantry crew served weapon and defensive armament system for seven variants of the Future Combat System.

Key term(s)
  • objective crew-served weapon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canons (Forces terrestres)
  • Infanterie

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Program Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Land Forces
OBS

The Future Combat Systems(FCS), formerly known as Future Ground Combat Systems(FGCS) program, an out-growth of the Mobile Tactical Operations Center, will develop network centric concepts for a multi-mission combat system(MMCS). The Future Combat Systems will develop the capability to rapidly project a dominant ground force anywhere in the world within days. This strategically deployable, tactically superior and sustainable force will provide a quick reaction capability if conflicts arise in the 21st century. This requisite capability may require advanced technologies, a revolution in both strategy and tactics, and innovative Industrial teaming.

Key term(s)
  • Future Combat System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes (Forces armées)
  • Forces terrestres

Spanish

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