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Future Force Warrior

May 04, 2023

Future Force Warrior was a United States military advanced technology demonstration project that was part of the Future Combat Systems project.[1] The FFW project sought to create a lightweight, fully integrated infantryman combat system. It was one technology demonstration project in a series of network-centric, next-generation infantry combat projects the U.S. military have developed over the past decade, such as the Soldier Integrated Protective Ensemble technology demonstration program, Land Warrior, and Transformation of the United States Army.[2][unreliable source?]

Future Force Warrior
Land Warrior and Air Warrior
TypeSoldier
Place of originUnited States

The Future Force Warrior concept envisioned the radical use of technologies such as nanotechnology, powered exoskeletons, and magnetorheological fluid-based body armor to provide the infantry with significantly higher force multiplier than the opposing force. However, the stated concept was not U.S. Army doctrine, and was not intended to answer every situation that Army After Next (the Army's buzzword for future fighting forces) would face; rather, the concept was meant to serve as an end goal to strive to reach or to compromise with current technologies and to stir imagination and dialogue on how these technologies and concepts could help soldiers in the near future.

The first phase of the project involved a development of the technologies to help reduce the soldier's fighting load and power requirements and improving the soldier's protection, lethality, and environmental and situational awareness, with planned deployment in 2010, to serve the Army's short-term needs. The Army's plan was to introduce the subsystems in "spirals" every two years, instead of one large rollout every ten years. The U.S. military hoped to develop a fully realized end product sometime in 2032, incorporating research from U.C. Berkeley's BLEEX exoskeleton project and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies into a final design. This was one of the most important parts. The Army Combat Shirt was developed from this program.[3][4][5][6][7]

Basic Features

 
U.S. Army Rangers of 3rd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment from the Future Combat Systems, Evaluation Brigade Combat Team, at a live demonstration February 1, 2007 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Nett Warrior

Nett Warrior – named after Col. Robert B. Nett – replaced Land Warrior. Future Force Warrior was a futuristic research project with real deliverables folded into the Nett Warrior program. Situational awareness including the Rifleman Radio on every soldier, helmet-mounted display (similar to a HUD), location and Physiological Status Monitoring were the basic building blocks being implemented in increment 1.

Headgear Subsystem

The Headgear Subsystem was the situational awareness hub of the system. It was intended to include integrated tactical processing by providing maps, routes, and data with a 180° emissive visor display, high bandwidth wireless communications, microelectronic/optics combat sensor suite that provides 360° situational awareness, and integrated small arms protection.[8]

Combat Uniform Subsystem

Described as "Survivability Central", was intended to contain a trio of layers, "the Protective Outer Layer, the Power Centric Layer, and the Life Critical Layer."[9]

Warfighter Physiological Status Monitor Subsystem

WPSM was intended to be an on-board physiological and medical sensor suite that would collect and monitor information regarding vital signs such as body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, hydration and stress levels, sleep status, body positioning and workload capacity of the warrior. If necessary, the WPSM can notify medics and commanders if the soldier has been wounded or has become fatigued.[9]

Microclimate Cooling System

The Microclimate Cooling System, built into the Life Critical Layer, would have been a network of narrow tubing to provide heating or cooling to the soldier, up to 100 watts.[9]

Power Subsystem

The Power Subsystem, built into the Power Centric Layer, would be fed by the Duration Central, a 2 to 20 watt Micro Turbine fueled by a liquid hydrocarbon fuel pack. According to the concept, ten ounces of fuel would power the soldier's integrated electronics ensemble for up to 6 days. Polymeric nanofiber battery patches embedded in the headgear and weapon provide back-up power for three hours.

Listed under the Power Vision in the Advanced Technology Demonstrator, the current specifications ask for 24-hour autonomous individual operation and 72-hour continuous autonomous team operations, with a high density, low weight/volume, self-generating/re-generating, reliable, safe power source.

Air Warrior

Air Warrior was the U.S. Army’s next-generation aircrew ensemble, with the final product intended to provide life support, ballistic protection, and nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) protection in mission-configurable modules, and was under development with interoperability in mind. The system consists of components integrated to maximize safe aircraft operation and sustain aircrews throughout the flight environment.

Block 1

Block 1 of the Air Warrior system provided an initial system capability including the development, procurement, and fielding of a micro climate cooling system, an integrated survival gear and ballistic protection system, improved over-water protective equipment, and a light-weight chemical and biological protection ensemble.

Block 2

The ongoing Block 2 technology insertion program provided an Electronic Data Manager and an Aircrew Wireless Intercom System.

Block 3

General Dynamics C4 Systems was the Block 3 Systems Integrator. The Block 3 system was focused on increasing force effectiveness by improving situational awareness and survivability with features similar to those of the Headgear Subsystem.

The Air Warrior Block 3 system was intended to be compatible with multiple helicopter types, including the CH-47 Chinook, OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Blackhawk. Additional Block 3 capabilities were being defined through the requirements analysis and roadmap phase.

Land Warrior

Main article: Land Warrior

See also

References

  1. ^ "Future Force Warrior". Defense-update.com. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  2. ^ "Land Warrior". Army-technology.com. 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  3. ^ (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Army's Future Force Warrior passes major milestone".
  6. ^ Copeland, Phillip E. "Photo Archive - U.S. Department of Defense Transformation Official Website". archive.defense.gov.
  7. ^ . U.S. Army. June 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-06-18.
  8. ^ "SSC-Natick Press Release". Natick.army.mil. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  9. ^ a b c . Natick.army.mil. 2000-04-28. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-06-05.

External links

  • Future Force Warrior, defense-update.com
  • Future Force Warrior System, armedforces-int.com
  • FFW Project Horizon Updates, rangermade.us
  • HowStuffWorks Article on the Future Warrior Program

May 04, 2023
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Future Force Warrior was a United States military advanced technology demonstration project that was part of the Future Combat Systems project 1 The FFW project sought to create a lightweight fully integrated infantryman combat system It was one technology demonstration project in a series of network centric next generation infantry combat projects the U S military have developed over the past decade such as the Soldier Integrated Protective Ensemble technology demonstration program Land Warrior and Transformation of the United States Army 2 unreliable source Future Force WarriorLand Warrior and Air WarriorTypeSoldierPlace of originUnited StatesThe Future Force Warrior concept envisioned the radical use of technologies such as nanotechnology powered exoskeletons and magnetorheological fluid based body armor to provide the infantry with significantly higher force multiplier than the opposing force However the stated concept was not U S Army doctrine and was not intended to answer every situation that Army After Next the Army s buzzword for future fighting forces would face rather the concept was meant to serve as an end goal to strive to reach or to compromise with current technologies and to stir imagination and dialogue on how these technologies and concepts could help soldiers in the near future The first phase of the project involved a development of the technologies to help reduce the soldier s fighting load and power requirements and improving the soldier s protection lethality and environmental and situational awareness with planned deployment in 2010 to serve the Army s short term needs The Army s plan was to introduce the subsystems in spirals every two years instead of one large rollout every ten years The U S military hoped to develop a fully realized end product sometime in 2032 incorporating research from U C Berkeley s BLEEX exoskeleton project and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies into a final design This was one of the most important parts The Army Combat Shirt was developed from this program 3 4 5 6 7 Contents 1 Basic Features 1 1 Nett Warrior 1 2 Headgear Subsystem 1 3 Combat Uniform Subsystem 1 4 Warfighter Physiological Status Monitor Subsystem 1 5 Microclimate Cooling System 1 6 Power Subsystem 2 Air Warrior 2 1 Block 1 2 2 Block 2 2 3 Block 3 3 Land Warrior 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksBasic Features Edit U S Army Rangers of 3rd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment from the Future Combat Systems Evaluation Brigade Combat Team at a live demonstration February 1 2007 at Fort Bliss Texas Nett Warrior Edit Nett Warrior named after Col Robert B Nett replaced Land Warrior Future Force Warrior was a futuristic research project with real deliverables folded into the Nett Warrior program Situational awareness including the Rifleman Radio on every soldier helmet mounted display similar to a HUD location and Physiological Status Monitoring were the basic building blocks being implemented in increment 1 Headgear Subsystem Edit The Headgear Subsystem was the situational awareness hub of the system It was intended to include integrated tactical processing by providing maps routes and data with a 180 emissive visor display high bandwidth wireless communications microelectronic optics combat sensor suite that provides 360 situational awareness and integrated small arms protection 8 Combat Uniform Subsystem Edit Described as Survivability Central was intended to contain a trio of layers the Protective Outer Layer the Power Centric Layer and the Life Critical Layer 9 Warfighter Physiological Status Monitor Subsystem Edit WPSM was intended to be an on board physiological and medical sensor suite that would collect and monitor information regarding vital signs such as body temperature heart rate blood pressure hydration and stress levels sleep status body positioning and workload capacity of the warrior If necessary the WPSM can notify medics and commanders if the soldier has been wounded or has become fatigued 9 Microclimate Cooling System Edit The Microclimate Cooling System built into the Life Critical Layer would have been a network of narrow tubing to provide heating or cooling to the soldier up to 100 watts 9 Power Subsystem Edit The Power Subsystem built into the Power Centric Layer would be fed by the Duration Central a 2 to 20 watt Micro Turbine fueled by a liquid hydrocarbon fuel pack According to the concept ten ounces of fuel would power the soldier s integrated electronics ensemble for up to 6 days Polymeric nanofiber battery patches embedded in the headgear and weapon provide back up power for three hours Listed under the Power Vision in the Advanced Technology Demonstrator the current specifications ask for 24 hour autonomous individual operation and 72 hour continuous autonomous team operations with a high density low weight volume self generating re generating reliable safe power source Air Warrior EditAir Warrior was the U S Army s next generation aircrew ensemble with the final product intended to provide life support ballistic protection and nuclear biological and chemical NBC protection in mission configurable modules and was under development with interoperability in mind The system consists of components integrated to maximize safe aircraft operation and sustain aircrews throughout the flight environment Block 1 Edit Block 1 of the Air Warrior system provided an initial system capability including the development procurement and fielding of a micro climate cooling system an integrated survival gear and ballistic protection system improved over water protective equipment and a light weight chemical and biological protection ensemble Block 2 Edit The ongoing Block 2 technology insertion program provided an Electronic Data Manager and an Aircrew Wireless Intercom System Block 3 Edit General Dynamics C4 Systems was the Block 3 Systems Integrator The Block 3 system was focused on increasing force effectiveness by improving situational awareness and survivability with features similar to those of the Headgear Subsystem The Air Warrior Block 3 system was intended to be compatible with multiple helicopter types including the CH 47 Chinook OH 58D Kiowa Warrior AH 64 Apache and UH 60 Blackhawk Additional Block 3 capabilities were being defined through the requirements analysis and roadmap phase Land Warrior EditMain article Land WarriorSee also EditCognitive Technology Threat Warning System a DARPA project aimed at integrating AI research and sensory data to create a portable warning alert system Future Soldier 2030 Initiative MultiCam the camouflage pattern and clothing used in many FFW examples Micropower Soldier 2025References Edit Future Force Warrior Defense update com Retrieved 2012 06 05 Land Warrior Army technology com 2011 06 15 Retrieved 2012 06 05 PDF https web archive org web 20070624183131 http www arl army mil arlreports 2005 ARL TR 3626 pdf Archived from the original 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citations August 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message External links EditFuture Force Warrior defense update com The Future Force Warrior initiative overview at the U S Army Natick Soldier Center Future Force Warrior System armedforces int com FFW Project Horizon Updates rangermade us HowStuffWorks Article on the Future Warrior Program Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Future Force Warrior amp oldid 1132987433, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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