Volume 5B - Army Financial Management - U.S. Army

UNCLASSIFIEDExhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2012 Army DATE: February 2011APPROPRIATION/BUDGET ACTIVITY2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, ArmyBA 5: Development & Demonstration (SDD)R-1 ITEM NOMENCLATUREPE 0605625A: Manned Ground VehiclePROJECTFC8: BCT Ground Combat VehicleB. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions, Article Quantities in Each) FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012Description: Provides for contractor basic development, engineering, and management for the GCV prime contracts, lessprototype hardware and software development (which are captured in the following sections).FY 2010 Accomplishments:The Technology Development (TD) phase begins immediately after Milestone A (MS A). Up to three prime contracts will beawarded immediately after a successful MS A decision. These contracts were originally planned to be awarded in September,2010. As a result of Department of Defense (DoD) direction, program revisions have occurred and the contracts will now beawarded late April/early May, 2011. FY10 funds planned for the TD contracts will be placed on the contracts immediately followingaward. Revised program plans have been predicated upon these funds continuing to be available. Contractor efforts supportedwith FY10 funds will include preparing for award of subsystem and component sub-contracts and beginning balanced vehicledesign focusing on size, weight, power, and cooling requirements.FY 2011 Plans:In 1QFY11, award subsystem and component provider contracts. Continue vehicle design and integration of subsystemsfocusing on size, weight, power, and cooling requirements. Include Mobility Systems (propulsion, cooling, suspension, and track);Survivability Systems (armor and structures, signal management, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives); HitAvoidance Systems (long and short range); Crew Systems and Chassis Auxiliary components (close combat armament system,common crew stations, and auxiliary systems); Core Vetronics (data/signal electronics, and power distribution/management);Lethality Systems (fire control, turret structure, slip ring, ammunition handling system, armament); Mission Module Structure(infantry squad compartment, squad situational awareness, equipment stowage, ramp, and infantryman interfaces). Completepreparation and conduct System Functional Review (SFR) in 2QFY11; verify contractor's ability to meet requirements. ConductSubsystem Preliminary Design Review (SPDR) in 4QFY11 to ensure subsystems are ready for 2QFY12 competitive testing and4QFY12 Modeling and Simulation (M&S).FY 2012 Plans:Continue vehicle design of subsystems focusing on size, weight, power, and cooling requirements. Sub-system PreliminaryDesign Reviews will be held during the first half of FY2012. Complete the designs for the subsystem test assets. Complete initialdelivery of the integrated set of architecture artifacts. Plan, design, and complete the initial fabrication of the GCV IFV SystemIntegration Environment. Provide a GCV IFV Hot Bench to support integration of hardware and software sub-components prior tovehicle level integration. Design and fabricate vehicle and modular armor mock-ups. Prepare for the GCV system level PreliminaryDesign Review (PDR) in 1QFY13. Complete design studies to allow identification of Engineering and Manufacturing Development(EMD) long lead hardware requirements. Initiate testing related to the subsystem test assets. Perform program management usingEVM and TPMs to report cost/schedule/technical status.Title: Contractor Prototypes - 75.689 95.994UNCLASSIFIEDArmy Page 5 of 12 R-1 Line Item #129Volume 5B - 487