Simulations Test Army Future Combat Systems

摘要

As the U.S. Army proceeds with the development of the Future Combat Systems, program officials increasingly will be relying on sophisticated models and simulation to test the performance of the technology. Much of this technology is being developed at the Army Test and Evaluation Command, and the Developmental Test Command. Engineers are attempting to model and test the performance of FCS as a network, or what the Army calls a "system of systems." The FCS was conceived as a family of 18 combat vehicles, aircraft and weapon systems, all expected to operate and communicate with each other across the battlefield in a "seamless network."