U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) (2023-)
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An U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) (2023-) is an United States Army Army Commands, and Army Service Component (ACOM) designed as a public-military initiative that runs U.S. Army modernization projects.
- Context:
- It can have U.S. AFC Programs, such as:
- Example(s):
- U.S. AFC, ~2023, with ~20,000 personnel, when it is the result of the reorganization of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
- ...
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: United States Army, United States Army Acquisition Corps, U.S. Army of 2040 Program.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Futures_Command Retrieved:2023-9-11.
- The United States Army Futures Command (AFC) is a United States Army command (ACOM), designed as a public-private initiative, that runs modernization projects for the Army. General Mark Milley, in his role as the United States Army Chief of Staff, played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Army Futures Command (AFC). It is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and was first commanded by General John Murray, [1] formerly the Army's G-8; the second and current commander was formerly the Army's G-3/5/7. As of 2018 Futures Command was focused on six priorities:[Note 1] 1) Long-range precision fires, 2) Next Generation Combat Vehicle, 3) Future Vertical Lift platforms, 4) a mobile & expeditionary Army network, 5) air and missile defense capabilities,[2] and 6) soldier lethality. AFC's cross-functional teams (CFTs) are Futures Command's vehicle for sustainable reform of the acquisition process for the future.[3] [4] General Mark Milley, alongside other Army leaders, projected that by fiscal year 2023 (FY2023), 24 of the top 35 priority modernization programs would be successfully deployed. Overmatch of the capability of a competitor or adversary is one of the goals of AFC. More specifically, the imposition of multiple simultaneous dilemmas upon a competitor or adversary is a goal of the US Army: to get into a position of relative advantage.[5] By 2021, Army leadership recognized that new Army formations (the multi-domain operations task force —MDTF) had the ability to simultaneously compete with, and also threaten an adversary, with its new capability, across domains (space, cyber, disinformation) of the conflict continuum.[6] By 2022 or 2023, a new concept for command and control (JADC2) will have been largely prototyped.[7] In 2023 a new CFT was stood up for Contested Logistics.[8] [9] Planning for the Army of 2040 is underway.
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- ↑ Colin Demarest (21 Oct 2022) Project Convergence shows JADC2 alignment, leaders from 3 services say Interoperations "show the services are aligned and not disjointed".
- ↑ Jen Judson (29 Mar 2023) US Army has a 'gigantic problem' with logistics in the Indo-Pacific AMC is lead, AFC sets requirements
- ↑ Ashley Rocque (7 Aug 2023) From petroleum pipes to pest problems, what a US Army 2-star learned from Talisman Sabre 23
2023
- https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/28/army-futures-command-war-innovation/
- QUOTE: ... One example: The U.S. High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), which was a virtual wonder weapon for the Ukrainians last summer, has seen its effectiveness severely diminished by Russian jamming of its GPS signals. The Ukrainians now have to develop countermeasures to the Russians’ countermeasures.
“I can’t think of a time in history since right before World War II where the amount of disruptive technology has had this much of an impact on warfare,” Gen. James E. Rainey, AFC’s commander, told me. “It’s crazy how fast things are changing.”
It’s the job of Rainey, and the more than 20,000 personnel under his command, to develop the technologies and concepts that will enable the Army to stay up to speed with developments in areas such as robotics, quantum computing, hypersonics, directed energy and artificial intelligence. ...
- QUOTE: ... One example: The U.S. High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), which was a virtual wonder weapon for the Ukrainians last summer, has seen its effectiveness severely diminished by Russian jamming of its GPS signals. The Ukrainians now have to develop countermeasures to the Russians’ countermeasures.
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