Putting the Post-Human in the Loop: Future Combat Systems and Post-Disciplinary Training

摘要

The US Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) is a large-scale procurement program that will introduce a number of “manned” and “unmanned” platforms, all of which will be completely interconnected into one layered network. Hailed as revolutionary, all of the FCS platforms, in addition to being networked, will include on-board or embedded training systems. This article contends that the integration of embedded training systems into the US Army's Future Combat Systems exemplifies a form of Deleuzean post-disciplinary control that is endemic to contemporary discourses of strategic virtuosity.