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1 FOREIGN COMPARATIVE TESTING (FCT) PROGRAM YOUR ENTRY INTO THE U.S. DEFENSE MARKET Col Linda Palmer, USAF Program Manager Mailing Address: OUSD(AT&L)/S&TS/FCT 1931 Jefferson Davis Highway, CM3, Suite 101 Arlington, Virginia, USA Voice: (703) / FAX (703) Linda.Palmer@osd.mil HOMEPAGE

2 PURPOSE OF FCT PROGRAM Test and Evaluation of Foreign Non-Developmental Equipment that Demonstrates Potential to Satisfy Sponsor Requirements

3 FCT ORGANIZATION IN OSD UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY AND LOGISTICS) HONORABLE E. C. ALDRIDGE, JR. DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC & TACTICAL SYSTEMS DR. GEORGE R. SCHNEITER PRINCIPAL DEPUTY DR. SPIROS PALLAS DEPUTY DIRECTOR ARMS CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION & COMPLIANCE DEPUTY DIRECTOR ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AIR WARFARE DEPUTY DIRECTOR MISSILE WARFARE DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAND WARFARE DEPUTY DIRECTOR MUNITIONS DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAVAL WARFARE FOREIGN COMPARATIVE TESTING PROGRAM COL LINDA PALMER 3

4 FCT AUTHORITY AND POLICY TITLE 10 U.S. CODE SEC. 2350a(g) DoDD R DoD ACQUISITION 4 CONGRESSIONALLY AUTHORIZED PROGRAM CONSISTENT WITH WITH DOD DOD ACQUISITION GUIDANCE KEY KEY OBJECTIVES IMPROVE IMPROVE WARFIGHTING WARFIGHTING CAPABILITY CAPABILITY ACCELERATE ACCELERATE FIELDING FIELDING SAVE SAVE TAXPAYER TAXPAYER FUNDS FUNDS

5 FCT FITS U.S. ACQUISITION GUIDANCE Systems Acquisition General Systems acquisition is the process of developing concepts into producible and deployable products that provide capability to the user. The concept. PM s representative may participate in the analysis). DoDI Operation of the Defense Acquisition System (Incl. Change 1) 4 January The goal is to develop the best overall value solution.. If existing U.S. military systems or other on-hand materiel cannot be economically used or modified decision-makers shall follow the following hierarchy of alternatives: the procurement (including modification) of commercially available domestic or international technologies, systems or equipment, or the additional production (including modification) of previously-developed U.S. military systems or equipment, or Allied systems or equipment; cooperative development program with one or more Allied nations components or systems. ALLIED SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT The use of Allied systems and equipment is a preferred source of meeting user requirements. DoD places great weight on interoperability of equipment with Allied governments and coalition partners and on Allied participation in DoD acquisition programs through cooperative development and production and through sales of U.S. equipment...

6 FCT PARTICIPATION BY COUNTRY (FY ) CONSTANT FY01 DOLLARS FRANCE 11% UK 34% GERMANY 15% ISRAEL 7% SWEDEN 11% ITALY 3% CANADA 6% NETHERLANDS 2% ALL OTHERS* 11% UK $1,844 (39) FRANCE $467 (10) GERMANY $953 (21) ISRAEL $680 (10) SWEDEN $610 (12) CANADA $72 (9) ALL OTHERS * * $115 (10) NORWAY $471 (5) DENMARK $55 (6) OSD FCT FUNDING PROVIDED (% BY COUNTRY $764M) OVERALL PROCUREMENTS $5.4B * Others -- Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Japan, Norway, Russian Federation, Republic Of South Africa, Republic Of Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine ** Others Australia, Belgium, Italy, Japan, Russian Federation, Republic of South Africa, Switzerland

7 FCT TEST EXECUTION 84MM Carl Gustaf M3 RAAWS (Sweden) 7 SPONSORS (ARMY, NAVY, MARINES, AIR AIR FORCE, USSOCOM) PLAN AND CONDUCT THE THE TESTING

8 RECENT FCT PROCUREMENTS The other lane in the 2-way street ANTI-RIOT GRENADE - UK - ARMY /1.50-WATT LINEAR DRIVE COOLERS - GERMANY - ARMY MM TRAINER FOR M72 LAW - NORWAY- SOCOM MM APFSDS-T FOR AAAV - GERMANY & NORWAY - USMC & NAVY EMERGENCY EVACUATION HYPERBARIC STRETCHER - UK - NAVY MM PRACTICE GRENADE - GERMANY- USMC MM SHORT-RANGE TRAINING AMMO - CANADA - ARMY BROACH WARHEAD FOR JSOW - UK - NAVY F-15 COUNTERMEASURES DISPENSER - USAF - SWEDEN HIGH-PRESSURE PURE AIR GENERATORS F/A-18E/F - UK - NAVY/USMC JOINT RAAWS AMMO-HEAT 551C(IM) & TPT141 - SWEDEN - SOCOM SUBMARINE ESCAPE & IMMERSION EQUIPMENT - UK - NAVY EMERGENCY AIRCRAFT ARRESTOR SYSTEM - FRANCE - USAF JOINT SERVICE COMBAT SHOTGUN - ITALY/GERMANY - USMC NEXT GENERATION SMALL LOADER - AUSTRALIA - AIR FORCE RDX/HMX EXPLOSIVES QUALIFICATION - NORWAY - NAVY GROUND & VEHICLE MOUNTING SYSTEM - GERMANY - ARMY

9 FCT PROJECTS WITH AUSTRALIA 17 PROJECTS WORTH $16 MILLION 4 PROCUREMENTS WORTH $189 MILLION HIGH-MOBILITY ENGINEER EXCAVATOR AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES NEXT GENERATION SMALL LOADER STATIC ENGINEERING TRANSPORTABLE RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER COWAN MANUFACTURING DYAD MAGNETIC SWEEP AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES TACTICAL LONG-RANGE PASSIVE IR SENSOR VISION SYSTEMS 9

10 FY02 PROJECTS 40mm Dud Reducing Ammo Austria, Germany, Singapore Self Destruct Fuze for MLRS France/Germany, Israel Comm Distribution System Canada EA-6B Digital Flight Control 10 NBC Multi-Purpose Sock France, Germany,

11 FY02 PROJECTS (CONT) High Frequency Adaptive Antenna Receive System Replacement Canada Stand Alone Cooling Suit Suit 7.62mm Light-Weight Machine Gun Belgium, Germany Laser Obstacle Detection System Germany Self-Regulating Anti-G Suit Switzerland 11

12 FCT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE WARFIGHTER EQUIPMENT TESTED AND EVALUATED BY FCT -- WORLD-CLASS EQUIPMENT FOR OUR OPERATIONAL FORCES. UNCOOLED THERMAL IMAGING SENSOR-SWEDEN used for surveillance for security of fixed installations in Bosnia. CHEMICAL AGENT MONITOR - UK provides chemical agent detection and monitoring capabilities. TRANSPORTABLE RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER - AUSTRALIA combats decompression sickness for divers. Used after TWA KW TACTICAL GENERATOR - CANADA satisfies mobile power requirements for units in the field.

13 FCT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE WARFIGHTER (2) ACOUSTIC GUNFIRE DETECTION SYSTEM-FRANCE used to locate sniper fire in Kosovo operations. BOL CHAFF-SWEDEN, UK - protected Navy carrier-based F-14s against RF-guided missiles. Integrated onto USAF and USAFR/ANG F-15s. ANTI-MAGNETIC MINE ACTUATION DEVICE-ISRAEL used by U.S. Army and USMC to clear land mines prior to troop employment in DESERT STORM. FOX NBC RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLE -GERMANY used in DESERT STORM and Bosnia to identify leaking munitions. 13

14 FCT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE WARFIGHTER (3) COMBAT SUPPORT BOATS (UK) - used to emplace bridging on the swollen Sava River during early Bosnia operations (pictured). SPOT SATELLITE DIGITAL IMAGERY (France) - provides near realtime pictures to pilots before departing on combat missions). EAGLE VISION GROUND STATION (France) - provides mission rehearsal and planning capabilities using commercial satellite imagery. Used today for mission planning and other support in Afghanistan. AT - 4CS (Sweden) Deployed with Rangers to provide a confinedspace firing capability in Afghanistan 14

15 HOW TO CONTACT THE FCT OFFICE OSD - Colonel Linda Palmer, USAF (703) , Fax (703) Linda.Palmer@osd.mil Air Force - Major John Ryan, USAF (703) /8945 Army - Al Trawinski (703) /3219 USN/USMC - Michael Locke (202) ; Shawn Prablek (703) USSOCOM - Major Ed Ketchum, USA (813)

16 16 Back Up Slides

17 FY02 PROJECTS - ARMY NEW 40mm Dud-Reducing Ammunition Fuze Germany, Singapore Laser Obstacle Detection System for Helicopters Germany Self-Destruct Fuze for Multiple Launch Rocket System France/Germany, Israel CONTINUING Antenna Mast for Tactical Mobile Communications Bradley Fighting Vehicle Long-Life Roadwheels Driver Vision Enhancer High Mobility Excavator Less-Sensitive RDX Lightweight Chemical Agent Detector Mine Protected Clearance Vehicle Optically Improved Std Advanced Dewar Assy Type II Prophet Ground Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Republic of South Africa Canada, Australia, Germany France Republic of South Africa France Canada, Israel, 17

18 FY02 PROJECTS - NAVY/USMC NEW Communications Distribution System EA-6B Digital Flight Control System High-Frequency Antenna Receive System for Maritime Patrol Aircraft NBC Protective Sock Combat Vehicle Troop Seat Expeditionary Airfield Light-Duty Mat System Floating Smokepot Components Joint Protective Aircrew Ensemble CONTINUING Lightweight Aluminum Track Lightweight Diesel Driven Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) Multi-Bandwidth Submarine Antenna Skin and Open Wound Decontamination Star Tracker Stealth Screen System Submarine Torpedo Room Berthing Pod Tactical Geographic Information System-Maria VLF/LF Composite Bushing Replacement Canada Canada Canada Sweden France Germany France, Germany, Israel, Sweden, Germany Germany, UK Canada Denmark (joint with Air Force) France Netherlands Norway Switzerland 18

19 FY02 PROJECTS - AIR FORCE NEW Inertial Measurement Unit for Wind-Corrected Munitions Dispenser (approved, but withdrawn) Self-Regulating Anti-G Suit Airborne Video Recorder/Replay System BOL Dispenser Feasibility Demo for F-16 Infrared Flare for C-17 Aircraft Infrared/UV Threat Stimulator Plastic Practice Bombs Space Qualified Digital Signal Processor Tactical Long Range Passive IR Sensor Unattended Ground Imager Wideband Klystron for E-3 AWACS Wind Tunnel Internal Force Balance CONTINUING Switzerland France Sweden Germany Austria, France Australia Israel France, Germany, Netherlands, 19

20 FY02 PROJECTS - USSOCOM NEW 7.62mm Lightweight Machine Gun Stand-Alone Cooling Suit Belgium, Germany CONTINUING Advanced Demolition Weapons Advanced Lightweight Grenade Launcher Ammunition Chemical Protective Gloves Man-Portable Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System Illumination Round Man-Portable Multi-Sensor System MC-130H Aerial Refueling System Pod Muzzle Brake/Suppressor Personal Temperature Regulation System Germany, Sweden Germany, Norway, Sweden Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden France, Russian Federation, Sweden Switzerland Germany 20

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