Army Modernization Panel

2010 AUSA Winter Symposium and Exposition

 Panel Members

• Affordable Army Modernization Overview

– LTG Bob Lennox

• Foundation for Army Modernization

– LTG Mike Vane

• Future Mission Command Application

Development
– LTG Jeff Sorenson

• Executing Modernization through Acquisition

Strategy
– LTG Bill Phillips
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Army Modernization Video
Affordable Army Modernization
26 February 2010
LTG Bob Lennox
 The Army Goal
“We have learned through painful experience that the wars we fight are
seldom the wars we planned. As a result, the United States needs a
broad portfolio of military capabilities with maximum versatility
across the widest possible spectrum of conflict. “
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Defense Budget/QDR Announcement,
February 01, 2010

Build an Army which is a versatile mix of tailorable and networked

organizations, operating on a rotational cycle, to provide a sustained
flow of trained, equipped and ready forces for full spectrum operations
and to hedge against unexpected contingencies – at a tempo that is
predictable and sustainable for our all-volunteer force.

Our modernization strategy must accomplish two critical tasks:

• Prepare our forces for success in the current conflict
• Transform to meet the demands of the 21st Century
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 An Affordable Modernization Strategy
ENDS
• The goal of Army Modernization is to develop and field an affordable and
interoperable mix of the best equipment available and allow Soldiers and
units to succeed in both today’s and tomorrow’s full spectrum military
operations
WAYS
• Accomplish Army Modernization by:
– Develop and field new capabilities
– Modernize equipment to meet current and future capability needs
through upgrade, replacement, recapitalization, refurbishment and
technology insertions
– Field and distribute capabilities in accordance with the ARFORGEN
model and Army priorities
MEANS
• Predictable fiscal support
• Full transparency and fiscal stewardship

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 Line of Effort #1:
Develop & Field New Capabilities
Major Objectives
• Implement the BCT Modernization Strategy
– Incremental network improvements
– GCV development
– Develop and field Capability Packages
– MRAP integration
• Field New Capabilities
– Fill gaps and mitigate risk
– Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) – ER/MP Sky Warrior
– Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV)
– Biometric Automated Tool Set (BATS)
• Shorten the time between identification of a
requirement and delivery of the solution
– Optimize and support the Capabilities Development
Rapid Transition (CDRT) process, Rapid Equipping
Force, & Asymmetric Warfare Group
• Leverage technologies developed from the Army’s
S&T Program
– Accelerate and mature technology to support
modernization.
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 Line of Effort #2: Modernize Equipment to
Meet Current & Future Capability Needs
Major Objectives
• Use four means to continuously modernize: Procure, Upgrade, Recapitalize,
and Divest
• Validate and implement affordable Portfolio Strategies for selected fleets of
equipment
– Fighting Vehicles, Aircraft, Tactical Wheeled Vehicles, Battle Command and
Networks, and ISR.
• Develop process to routinely make fleet sustainment decisions based on
cost benefit analysis
– Review existing and develop new processes, define and analyze COAs, cost the
COAs, and perform cost benefit analysis.
• Capitalize on technology base initiatives
– Technology base initiatives reviewed to fund those with greatest benefit.

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 Line of Effort #3: Meet Needs of Force through
the ARFORGEN Model and Army Priorities
Major Objectives

• Establish ARFORGEN as a key metric to inform modernization decisions

• Update the 2009 Army Equipping Strategy

– Use lessons learned, input from the field and changes to the strategic and
fiscal landscape

• Establish Theater Provided Equipment in Afghanistan

– Provide deployed soldiers and units with the most capable equipment

• Equip for Full Spectrum Operations

• Refine the Army Prepositioned Stocks

(APS) 2015 Strategy

• Conduct Responsible Drawdown/Reset

– Reset equipment to insure capability of
continuing operations
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 Means of Army Modernization

FY11 Research, Development and Acquisition Request

Aviation: $6.0B
Research, Development,
Test & Evaluation: $10.3B

Weapons &
Tracked Combat
Vehicles: $1.7B
$31.7B

Missiles &
Ammunition:
$3.9B

Trucks & Support

Equipment: $5.5B Communications: $4.3B

*Numbers may not add due to rounding

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 Foundation for
Army Modernization
LTG Michael A. Vane
Deputy Commanding General, Futures, and 
Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center
US Army Training and Doctrine Command

26 Feb 2010

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 Concepts to Capabilities…
CURRENT FUTURE
Rolling 2 Year cycle
Developments ‐ Resourcing ‐ Acquisition 

CSA Vision
versatile mix …tailorable …networked …rotational
cycle… sustained flow of ready forces for full
spectrum opns …hedge against unexpected
Ideas • Experiment …sustain all-volunteer force

• War game Capabilities to
Army  • Analyze Joint Force Commanders
• organizations of
Capstone  • Evaluate • well-trained soldiers
Concept • Integrate • possessing right skill sets
• with superior equipment
by/with/thru  • employing sound doctrine
Lessons 
Learned Centers of Excellence • led by competent and confident
leaders who understand their
organizations’ potential
• and are empowered in combat by
superior information
• supported by state-of-art facilities

RISK
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 Capstone Concept Summary
The Military Problem
How does the Army apply available resources to overcome adaptive enemies and
accomplish challenging missions in complex operational environments?

Central Idea and Solution:

The Army must provide joint force commanders with Army leaders and forces designed,
educated and skilled in operational adaptability. This will require:
• critical thinking
• comfort with ambiguity and decentralization
• a willingness to accept prudent risk
• an ability to make rapid adjustments based on a continuous assessment of the
situation

Supporting Ideas Core Operational Actions

• Develop the situation through action
• Conduct combined arms operations
• Employ a combination of defeat and
stabilizing mechanisms
• Integrate joint capabilities
• Cooperate with partners
• Exert psychological and technical
influence
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• Conduct security force assistance
• Shaping and entry operations
• Inter- and intra-theater operational maneuver
• Full spectrum operations
• Conduct overlapping protection operations
• Distributed support and sustainment
• Network-enabled mission command
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 Challenges, Gaps, and Actions
Challenges Actions Underway
Uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity…
stable peace to general war…adapting  Concepts:  Army Capstone Concept
quickly…operational versatility Army Operating Concept 
Human Dimension Concept
Doctrine:  FM 3‐0  Operations
Gaps FM 5‐0  Design 
• Detect & neutralize mines & IEDs, from standoff Organization:  Modular Force Structure (MI, 
• Protect against IEDs & mines (people and vehicles) Aviation, Signal,  CA,                            
• Unit training for  an Era of Persistent Conflict  Engineer, etc)
Security Force Assist (162d BDE)
• Non‐interrupted communications for dispersed units
• Mounted and dismounted SA & commo for 
Training:  Training Strategy
decentralized opns
• Maneuver for positional advantage across all terrain Leader & : 
Army Leader Development Strategy
• Leaders who can visualize and direct full spectrum  Education
opns
Generating Force:   ARFORGEN
• Learning language &culture for Opns among people Capability Integration
• Non‐lethal weapons  Acquisition Reform 
• Organic precision indirect fires for dispersed  Materiel: Procure, Upgrade, Recapitalize,
units and Divest
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 Capability Packages
Capability Packages
• Incremental enhancements delivered in 
two‐year cycles
Warfighter Urgent Capabilities
• Incorporates capabilities requested by 
Requirements +  Tested & Ready warfighters and required by concept 
Capability “Gaps” for Fielding • Aligned to ARFORGEN
• Focused on empowering small units
FY 17‐18  
• Increased access to  • Detect & neutralize 
fires, sensors, & joint  mines  & IEDs from 
assets  standoff  
• Enhanced situational  • More enhanced 
awareness situational awareness   Incremental
Warfighting  • More responsive precision  and information  Improvement (BCTs) 
Challenges& Gaps indirect fires sharing   FY 15 – 16Æ
• Increased Situational  • Enhanced non‐lethal 
targeting Incremental
Awareness
• Increased network access  • More understanding of  Improvement (IBCT)
for  Soldier  human terrain FY 13 ‐ 14   Æ Match Pace of
• Protected mobility for   Incremental Change with
Soldiers and platforms Improvement (IBCT)
• C2 on‐the‐move
Technology and Operating
FY 11 ‐ 12   Æ Environment
Baseline

“Bridge” between innovation and adaptation, aligned to ARFORGEN
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 Next Steps: Mission Command Convergence
By Functions…

COMMs Combat ID

EW
C2
Cyber
Leadership IO ?
Language and 
Culture

Technology Enabled…
While we “converge” so does our enemy…Learning is Competitive
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 Army Enterprise Architecture
At Home/TDY Global Defense Network Satellite
Transport

Internet Area Processing Center A-GNOSC Teleport/STEP

FRHN

Deployed Tactical
Applications Services & Data Network
At Post/Camp/Station
TNOSC Tactical IPN
TNOSC

Installation Processing
Node (IPN)
Logical Extension
of APC
JTF
(Corps/ESB)

Sensors

Reset (Phases 0-1) Transition Deploy (Phases 2-5)

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Always Accessible by the Soldier
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 Evaluating Other Processes to Close the Capability ‘Gap’
Leveraging Industry Standards…Remaining DOD 5000.2 Compliant

JCIDS: User needs & Technology 
Opportunities 

A ADM B ADM C ADM IOC FOC

MATERIEL TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING  PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS &
Requirements process 

SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT DEPLOYMENT SUPPORT
Framework and  
DOD Acquisition 

ANAYLSIS Design
Readiness LRIP FRP
relationship

ADM ADM Review IOT&E ADM Review

Pre‐System Acquisition System Acquisition Sustainment

Initial Capabilities Capabilities
Capabilities Developments Production
Capabilities
Document Document Document approved by
Requirements
Authority
Our Current Approach –
‘Building Comms Like A 
Tank’
All DOD 5000.2 Compliant…

2 yrs 5 yrs

USSOCOM
Approach –
Closing the Gap; 
Rapid Agility Employing Industry Standards 
To Rapidly Deliver  
C4 Capabilities Today 
JCSE Approach –
Standardized Architecture;
– Not Tomorrow
As ‘Needed’ TECH
Insertion

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 Current Battle Command Environment
Current Future
HMMWV
MTS
•Hardware Redundancy MRAP/MRAP-ATV
Abrams

GPS
GPS
• “Bolt-on” Electronics Systems Stryker
Bradley
GCV
• Complex Cabling Platforms

FBCB2
• Large System Reset & Lifecycle Costs
Common Network Integration Kits (NIK)

Fires
Intel
•Software Redundancy
Log Air • “Work-around” Integration
• Complex Knowledge Management
Maneuver
• Large Training & Upgrade Costs
Common Hardware with Integrated Apps
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 Our Approach
Why EoIP Networking?

IP switches/routers
connect dissimilar
networks

Common standards
& interfaces ensure
end-to-end
interoperability

EoIP networking provides a seamless convergence layer for all networks….

... and applications, sensors, Fire & Maneuver
 Army Enterprise Framework
Applications  
App 1 App 2 App 3 App 4 …
Specialized Software Developer Kit  
for 3rd parties that use common 
components, data and services 

…
C2 ISR Platform/Sensor
SW Toolkits
Core SW Components

Service/Data Interface

Network assessable Services and Data

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 End User Environment & Process

Standardize
End User Environment

Process
LINUX WIN Define Business Process

9 9
Select Environment
9
Develop Application

9 App 1

9 Submit to App Store

Test
9 Certify
Available
Measure

…
Pilots: PEO IEWS – DCGS-A, PEO C3T – BCS3, PEO EIS – ERP, &
Chemical Biological Defense – JPM Guardian, Apps 4 Army (non-POR)
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 Example ‘To-Be’ Network Architecture
Eliminating the Stovepipes

All systems riding a common, interoperable EoIP Backbone

Establishing a ‘plug and play’ environment
Commercial
Military
Any Service
can be
supported on-
BDE BDE/BN CDR RTO the-move
Converged
WIN-T, ISR and
LOG Networks

LDR
CO CDR

Rifleman

BN

Log Vehicle

Rapid
adoption of
commercial
technologies
Fewer and (e.g., 3G/4G)
standardized
waveforms
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 Army Modernization:
Acquisition and Contracting
Executing Modernization Through Acquisition Strategy

LTG Bill Phillips

Principal Military Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
26 February 2010
 Leveraging FCS for BCT Modernization
From To
FCS BCT Development Increment 1

X
Tactical-
Unattended
Ground B-Kit
Sensors
Non-Line of Sight Launch System

Urban- Class I Unmanned

Unattended Small Unmanned Ground
Ground Sensors Air Vehicle Block 1
X
Vehicle Block 0

Increment 2 New

Spin Out Early IBCT Armed Robotic

Vehicle Assault (Light) // Common
Leverage Common Mobility Controller
Platform C-IED AN/PSW-2
Tactical Unattended Small Unmanned
Ground Sensors Ground Vehicle Block 0
Non-Line of
Sight Launch
Class I Unmanned Air Vehicle Block 1 System
XM-501

Class I
Urban Unmanned Small
Aerial Unmanned
Unattended Ground
Ground Sensors Vehicle Vehicle
Tactical- Network Integration Kits
Urban- Unattended XM156 XM1216
Non-Line of Sight Launch System B-Kit
Unattended Ground Sensors
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Providing the Warfighter with the Decisive Edge Ground Sensors AN/GSR-9
AN/GSR-10 Block Upgrades
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 Building Combat Power Through
Capability Packages
Capability Packages
Spin-outs + Warfighter Urgent = -Provides incremental improvements
Requirements delivered in two-year cycles
- Enables ARFORGEN beginning FY11
- Incorporates capabilities requested by
Commanders in the fight

Capability Package 11-12

Spin-outs Warfighter Future Capability Packages will include:

NLOS - LS Network Urgent Requirements – More capable Unmanned Air Vehicles
Integration
Kit (greater range, loiter and payload capability)
–Persistent Surveillance – Larger Unmanned Ground Vehicles
SUGV
UGS –Advanced Precision Mortar (counter IED)
Initiative
– Improvements to the Network
–Ground Soldier System (more information to and from lower levels)
Class I UAV
–Human Terrain Teams

Provides increased near-term capabilities to the Warfighter

Providing the Warfighter with the Decisive Edge
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 Synchronizing Acquisition to
ARFORGEN (Materiel Enterprise)
Army Force Generation = synchronizing requirements to predictable available
modular forces in a logical, systemic process

New Capabilities: New Equipment Teams Over 6000 Acquisition

• Ground Combat Vehicle
• Spin-outs and Increments
Core Reset, Recapitalization, and
Program Fielding:
• ABRAMS
• Apache
• Kiowa
• Etc…
Equipment Retrograde
Systems & Equipment RESET
Rapid Fielding Initiatives
Pre-positioned stocks
Operational Contract Support
training, COR training, CERP
training
SPEED
MATTERS!!!
Professionals deployed with
Operational Forces
Support Training, Test,
Evaluation, Program Liaison
Operational Contract Support
Contracted Logistics
1C
5D
20 B
JUONS
Rapid Fielding Initiatives 90K E
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 Executing Modernization Through
Synchronized Investments

Early Brigade Warfighter Information Joint Light Tactical Apache

Combat Network-Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Block III
Team Integration (WIN-T)

Battle Command
Sustainment Mine Resistant
Support System Joint Tactical Radio Ambush Vehicle Ground Soldier
(BCS3) System (JTRS) (MRAP) & MRAP All System (GSS)
Terrain Vehicle (MATV)

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 Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV)
Industry Day / Government Symposiums
Industry Support:
• Conducted two conferences to inform of GCV requirements, performance
specifications, time lines and solicit feedback
‒ Industry Day 1 (16 OCT 09): 653 industry representatives, 374 firms attended
‒ Industry Day 2 (23-24 NOV 09): 250 industry representatives, 187 firms attended
Government Stakeholders:
• PEO Integration executed a Government Update (3 DEC 09); overview of GCV
requirements, performance specifications and time lines with stakeholders
‒ 263 Government attendees and various agencies to include ARL/SLAD , RDECOM,
NGIC, TARDEC, TRADOC, PEO-CGS, G-8, G-6, A-TEC, CECOM & DCMA

• White Papers (Summary)

‒ 45 Companies submitted 153 White paper
‒ 6 potential prime contractors submitted 23
White papers giving feedback on GCV
schedule and requirements

Providing the Warfighter with the Decisive Edge

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 Strategic Context
Major Program Execution

• Objective Reality of the Operational Environment

– Soldiers deployed globally
– Operational demands outpace traditional business processes
– Speed Matters…(Schedule)

• The Threat Continues to Evolve…

– Adaptive, responsive, and evolving enemy…
– Hybrid threats across the spectrum of conflict

• We Must Evolve Acquisition Processes to Provide

Warfighters with the Decisive Edge
– Speed Matters – Rapid Acquisition (…Schedule Matters!)
– Expeditionary Acquisition Workforce
– Synchronization of Systems Development Across Army and Department of Defense

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 Acquisition Workforce Evolution
(Contracting)

• Workforce expansion
– Section 852 NDAA – hiring 1885 contracting professionals by FY15
– Insourcing – converting 3200 contractor positions to government
employees
– Expanding contract admin workforce by 491 civilians and 256 military
• Reorganization
– Established the Army Contracting Command
– PEO Integration
• New training and doctrine
– BCTP, OCS course, Contracting guides, NTC Play
• Army Campaign Plan – Annex N (Contracting)
– Internalized Gansler recommendations into Army Strategic guidance
• Expeditionary and Adaptive

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