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Army Displays Latest Warfighting Innovations

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WASHINGTON: The Army showcased its Future Force Warrior system, the latest in war-fighting technology, at Soldier Modernization Day on Capitol Hill June 16.

Military researchers, developers, testers and engineers displayed current innovations in soldier technology to senators and congressional staffers who witnessed how technology can impact soldiers’ lives while sampling the Army’s newest field rations.

“What we’re doing today is showing members of Congress how American dollars are being well spent to benefit our soldiers everyday,” said Brig. Gen. James Moran, commanding general, Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass., and Program Executive Office Soldier at Fort Belvoir, Va.

He explained the Future Force Warrior system is a designed as an integrated "system of systems" as part of the Army transformation to a soldier-centric force that will complement future combat systems.

“Under the concept of managing the soldier as a system, two uniform systems are under development,” Moran said. The Future Force Warrior system will be available to soldiers in 2010. The Vision 2020 Future Warrior system, which follows the concept of the 2010 Future Force Warrior system, will be fielded 10 years later.

“The result is a single integrated combat system that enhances soldier performance in all critical areas: increased effectiveness, decreased load and improved mission flexibility and enables continuous upgrades. By managing the soldier as a system, Program Executive Office Soldier will save soldiers’ lives, improve their quality of life and increase their combat effectiveness,” Moran said.

The uniforms, which are designed to increase lethality and survivability, will lighten the soldier’s load from approximately 100 pounds, currently carried by combat soldiers, Moran said, to 45 pounds.


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sniperdude411

Nice o see the Army showing people what we're doing to help the soldiers out in the field. I don't know how the FFWS will be so much more cost effective than the others though, since it seems that all future-soldier-type systems end up costing billions of dollars in research.

magic-spaceship

hello all

my first post here

something tells me that the 55lbs of weight lost will be replaced by more equipment and/or ammo. bringing it back to at least 100lbs. It seems to be the norm - every time they reduce weight they just give em more to carry - which from one point of view is good cause like I said it gives them the abilty to carry more ammo - or food - or water - or medical supplies.

sniperdude411

Welcome aboard.

It tells me too.

And what the heck is your avatar?

magic-spaceship

me if I my unkown multi - billioniar uncle uped and died and left his fortune to little ol me - hell I dont care if he is a she or related - just as long as I get the money

sniperdude411

Lol. This is really off-subject. Oh well, it's what happens inevitably.