Land Warrior (LW) Land Warrior (LW) DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATIONS PROGRAM STATUS Land Warrior (LW) is a first-generation, modular • 1-2QFY05 Force XXI Battle Command Brigade & fighting system that combines small arms with high- Below (FBCB2) CDA Training and Operation Iraqi tech equipment for infantry soldiers and soldiers in Freedom deployment with 525th MI Bde and support of the close fight. Currently in development, 519th MI BN LW consists of a computer, a radio, a customized • 1QFY05 NFF CDA user evaluation at rifle, and a helmet-mounted display eyepiece, all Ft. Benning, GA linked electronically. The system delivers enhanced • 1QFY05 Dismounted Battle Command System soldier and small unit tactical awareness, lethality, (DBCS) program design review and concept survivability, battle command and control, mobility, design review sustainment, and training and mission rehearsal. • 1QFY05 LW-SI ensemble engineering development Integrating state-of-the-art commercial and test at Ft. Benning Provides the warfighter government technologies with individual protective with unprecedented tactical and load-carrying equipment, LW links soldier and system to the digital battlefield. LW technologies PROJECTED ACTIVITIES awareness and significant include embedded digital and voice communication, • 3QFY05 DBCS developmental and operational computer processing, lasers, and geolocation. testing/Milestone C improvements in lethality, Interoperable with the Army Battle Command • 4QFY05 Fielding and sustainment of DBCS to CONTRACTORS survivability, mobility, and System, the system’s approach optimizes and one SBCT integrates multiple capabilities with minimal • 2QFY06 Ground soldier system Milestone B Prime C4 Systems sustainment in a single impact on the soldier’s combat load and • 3QFY06 DBCS full rate production decision (Scottsdale, AZ) logistical footprint. • 2QFY07-1QFY08 Ground soldier system test Computer Sciences Corp. (Eatontown, NJ) system of systems. Building on LW, the LW- Interoperable and evaluation Omega Training Group (Columbus, GA) (LW-SI) will be fielded with Stryker light armored • 2QFY08 Ground soldier system Milestone C Raytheon (El Segundo, CA) vehicles that house technology compatible with • 3QFY08 Ground soldier system first unit General Dynamics C4S (Taunton, MA) LW. LW-SI will meet requirements through spiral equipped to EXFOR at Ft. Benning General Dynamics Land Systems development and risk-reduction activities: software (Sterling Hts, MI) stability and reliability data and end-user feedback will be collected during field trials as a direct, risk- INVESTMENT COMPONENT reduction feed to LW-SI development. Modernization The Dismounted Battle Command System (DBCS), an early spiral-out from LW, improves ACQUISITION PHASE infantry unit battle command and tactical • System Development and Demonstration awareness. It consists of a Microlight Enhanced Position Location Radio System for team leaders and above, and a new form factor Commander’s Digital Assistant (NFF CDA) for leaders at platoon level and above. DBCS will be fielded in FY05 for immediate improvement in tactical awareness and battle command in support of the war on terrorism.

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