Army LSI team completes important milestones in army transformation: U.S. Army news release - Aug. 28, 2003 - In The News

Program Manager, Sept-Dec, 2003

Today, the Army's Future Combat System (FCS) Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) team of Boeing and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced the third and final round of subcontractor selections designed to bring the "best of industry" into the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the Future Combat System (FCS) program.

"The LSI process is an excellent example of how the Army is transforming itself to meet the security challenges of the 21st century," said Claude M. Bolton Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology.

"By use of the LSI concept, the Army is able to harness the tremendous energy and capabilities of American industry from the very beginning of the acquisition process. The source selection was designed to be open, fair, and transparent for all competitors. The Army congratulates the LSI on their progress in making FCS a reality. We look forward to our continued partnership with the LS1 as we transform our Army," Bolton said.

The selection of the SDD subcontractors represents yet another step forward in realizing the Army Vision of a transformed Army that is more responsive, deployable, survivable, agile, versatile, lethal, and sustainable. This will allow the Army to see first, understand first, act first, and finish decisively.

The FCS is a key part of that transformation, a transformation that is fully nested within DoD efforts. It is a "system of systems" of 18 manned and unmanned ground vehicles and unmanned air vehicles plus the integrated network, plus the most important element--the soldier--that is currently being developed as the follow-on to our current heavy armored and mechanized forces.

For more information please contact Maj. Gary Tallman at 703-697-4314 or garytallman@hqda.army.mil.