General Dynamics Wins Army's Objective Force Warrior Agreement
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) was awarded the lead technology integration agreement today for Phase II of the U.S. Army’s Objective Force Warrior (OFW) Advanced Technology Demonstration program. The OFW program will provide the core network-centric soldier systems deployed by all soldiers by 2010.
The $100 million Phase II award is for completion of detailed designs of the Objective Force Warrior system of systems over a 25-month period. There are two additional options: a Phase III 15-month Prototype Development and Demonstration effort estimated to be worth $41 million, and a non-competitive System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase. The SDD and production phases have a potential value of $1 to 3 billion over a 10-year period.
The Army’s vision for the Objective Force Warrior is of a highly lethal, survivable, networked soldier within a small combat team operating across a spectrum of future Army and joint service operations. The soldier will be equipped with self-protection gear, a range of weapons of varying lethality, and will be completely integrated into the fire support and C4ISR components of the Objective Force. The system will provide complete situational awareness, fully integrating the individual soldier into joint and combined arms operations. The Objective Force Warrior will use assets such as robotic cargo transporters, networked sensor fields and unmanned air vehicles.
These capabilities will be compatible with the Army’s Future Combat Systems command, control, computer, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) system now in development as well as with existing and joint service C4ISR assets.
The General Dynamics’ Objective Force Warrior effort is headed by its Eagle Enterprise unit, a company formed to address technology and “system of systems” integration challenges. Eagle Enterprise was one of two lead technology integrators during the Phase I concept development for OFW.
“We are very proud to be selected as the lead technology integrator for the OFW program which, along with FCS, is one of the centerpieces of Army transformation,” said Scott Myers, vice president of General Dynamics Eagle Enterprise. “OFW will provide an unprecedented level of survivability and lethality to the individual soldier. It will also realize the Army and the Department of Defense vision of pushing combined arms operations down to the soldier level and providing full integration with joint forces.”
“In partnership with the Army and the Natick Soldier Center, we’ll select the best technology and ‘systems of systems’ solutions to produce a 10-fold increase in overall combat effectiveness and a more survivable, mobile and lethal 21st century warrior,” Myers said.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 57,000 people and anticipates 2003 revenues of $15 billion. The company has leading market positions in land and amphibious combat systems, mission-critical information systems and technologies, shipbuilding and marine systems, and business aviation.
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News Release - Thursday, June 12, 2003
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