Army news service (April 26, 2006): Active Protective System for Army future force.WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army remains committed to equipping soldiers with the best protection technology can provide, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Army Maj. Gen. Charles A. Cartwright, program manager for the Future Combat Systems. As evidence of this goal, the Army's effort to develop better protection for their mounted soldiers moved forward in March as the Raytheon Company was contracted to develop the Active Protective System for the Army's Future Combat Systems program. Designed as an augmentation to current vehicle armor, the APS is an explosive ballistic countermeasure coun·ter·meas·ure n. A measure or action taken to counter or offset another one. countermeasure Noun action taken to counteract some other action Noun 1. capability that will dramatically increase vehicle survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. against the spectrum of aerial ballistic threats. The APS is an operationalization of "hit avoidance" technologies that sense incoming threats and employ countermeasures to physically intercept, defeat, or deflect them, increasing the survivability of light-to-medium-weight vehicles. "This is a significant step forward in the FCS FCS - Frame Check Sequence program, which remains on coast and on schedule," says Cartwright. He expects the APS sub-system components to begin current force integration and qualification by the end of 2008. The estimated $70 million contract will require the APS technology to work with all other relevant systems within FCS. Real-world lessons learned from the global war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act are being integrated into the development of FCS, a soldier-centric, network-enabled program. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker General Peter J. Schoomaker (b. February 12, 1946) was the 35th Chief of Staff of the United States Army, serving from August 1, 2003 to April 10, 2007, when the Army announced he would be replaced by General George Casey; Schoomaker will retire from the Army for the second time says that FCS is the Army's key modernization program, and is both the surest and fastest way to provide soldiers additional tools to address the global missions they have been assigned. "With FCS, the Army takes advantage of the best-of-industry technologies as soon as they are developed and puts them into the hands of soldiers in the field," he said. "This latest approach will get capabilities to our soldiers sooner, strengthening the current force, while laying groundwork for the force of the future." Information for this story provided by Maj. Desiree Wineland, U.S. Army Office of the Chief of Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. . Sgt. Ken Hall, USA |
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