Exploring Advanced Technologies for the Future Combat Systems Program

by Matsumura, John; Steeb, Randall; Herbert, Tom; Gordon, John; Glenn, Russell; Gellert, Fredael

• ISBN13: 9780833030269
• ISBN10: 0833030264
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Figures	ix
Tables	xi
Summary	xiii
Acknowledgments	xxi
Acronyms	xxiii
Introduction	1	(10)
Background	1	(1)
Objective	2	(2)
Approach	4	(5)
Select Concepts and Technologies to Be Assessed	4	(1)
Modify an Existing Scenario	4	(2)
Determine How to Integrate Future Concepts and Technologies into Simulation and Run the Simulation	6	(3)
Organization of This Document	9	(2)
How Much Remote ``Situational Understanding'' is Achievable in the 2015-2020 Time Frame?	11	(10)
What Remote Intelligent Capabilities Are Likely to Be Available in the Time Frame?	12	(3)
How Much Situational Understanding Can These Remote Assets Provide?	15	(6)
What Can Be Accomplished Using a Full Range of Joint Assets Without Close Combat?	21	(12)
How Do Remote and Tactical (Organic) Sensor Networks Perform?	22	(3)
How Do Long-Range Fire Systems Perform?	25	(3)
What Are the Effects of Long-Range Fires on Noncombatants?	28	(5)
Does Adding Ground Maneuver, Possibly Close Combat, with the BCT Offer Advantages?	33	(14)
How Might a Future BCT Be Structured, and How Would It Be Used?	33	(3)
How Does the Baseline Force Fare?	36	(2)
How Can Baseline Performance Be Improved?	38	(6)
Observations on the Use of Ground Forces	44	(3)
What are the Implications of Enhanced Air Insertion of the BCT, Such as by Vertical Envelopment?	47	(12)
What Would the Airlifter Look Like?	48	(1)
What Is the Vertical Envelopment Mission?	48	(3)
What Are the Results of the Vertical Envelopment Mission?	51	(2)
How Survivable Is the FTR in the Vertical Envelopment Mission?	53	(6)
Conclusions	59	(6)
Key Observations	59	(1)
Potential Enemy Countermeasures	60	(2)
Countermeasures Against Long-Range Fires (Remote Attack)	60	(1)
Countermeasures Against BCT Ground Attack	61	(1)
Countermeasures Against Vertical Envelopment Attack	61	(1)
Recommendations	62	(3)
Appendix: Noncombatant Casualties as a Result of Allied Engagements	65	(12)
Bibliography	77