Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) International Defense Industry Fair Modernizing the Army Materiel Enterprise 6 May 2015 Honorable Heidi Shyu Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) and Army Acquisition Executive DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
The US Army: A Global Force Current Army total strength ~1.04M Soldiers: Active 498,160 Reserve 197,850 National Guard 348,810 Pacific Command 56,300 Soldiers Northern Command Alaska Hawaii South Korea Philippines Japan Other Operations & Exercises 7,690 Soldiers 19,200 Soldiers Reserve Component Mobilized Stateside Southern Command 1,910 Soldiers Honduras Guantanamo UNCLASSIFIED European Command 31,810 Soldiers USAREUR Baltics / Poland Balkans African Command 980 Soldiers Horn of Africa West Africa Central Command 24,900 Soldiers Afghanistan Iraq Kuwait Qatar Sinai Jordan 142,790 Soldiers deployed in ~150 countries Source: Army G-3/5/7 as of 28 APR 2015 2
Recent Army Strategic Operations Ebola Assay XSTAT Nepalese Earthquake Support Training Afghanistan Troops in Coalition Operations Syrian Chemical Weapons Demilitarization Combined Joint Operational Exercises 3
UNCLASSIFIED Modernizing the Army Materiel Enterprise Reduce procurement quantities to match force structure reductions Gained efficiencies - Leveraging multi-year procurement (Black Hawk, Chinook) - Incorporate Better Buying Power initiatives (contracting, should-cost, competition) Invest in S&T to enable next-generation capabilities Strategic Balance Build new capabilities to increase mobility, survivability, and lethality Incrementally upgrade existing platforms; buy back weight and power Reset equipment used in Theater Divest aging systems to reduce O&S S&T Science & Technology O&S Operations and Support 4
UNCLASSIFIED Incremental Upgrades: Design & LRIP Design Phase UH-60V: digital cockpit Bradley ECP2: upgrade generator & power distribution system M1 Abrams ECP1A: digital architecture; increase power generation; incorporate Active Protection System GMLRS-Alternative Warhead: significantly decreases unexploded warheads Low Rate Initial Production PIM: Improve maneuverability, upgrade survivability & force protection; increase lethality with electric drive gun PATRIOT: Integrate Radar Digital Processor to improve target detection, enhance surveillance, increase reliability, and decrease lifecycle cost ECP Engineering Change Proposal, GMLRS Guided Multiple-Launch Rocket System, PIM Paladin Integrated Management 5
Production UNCLASSIFIED Incremental Modernization: Production Examples Bradley ECP1: Increase mobility, survivability & reliability Stryker ECP1 Upgrade: Upgrade power, enable network Apache AH-64E: Increase mobility; enhance situational awareness; improve communications Black Hawk UH-60M: Enhance situational awareness, improve handling characteristics Chinook CH-47F: Improve mission effectiveness, versatility; increase life & lift; improve sustainability Gray Eagle: Increase endurance & improve airworthiness Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS)- Unitary 6
UNCLASSIFIED New Capabilities to Enhance Lethality EMD Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM) Guided Multiple-Launch Rocket System Alternative Warhead (GMLRS-AW) Production Excalibur PATRIOT Missile Segment Enhancement EMD Engineering and Manufacturing Development 7
UNCLASSIFIED New Capabilities to Enhance Mobility EMD Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) EMD Engineering and Manufacturing Development 8
UNCLASSIFIED New Capabilities to Enhance Survivability Technology Development Next Generation Chemical Detector EMD Vaccines WEVEE, Ricin, Filovirus, Recombinant Botulinum A/B, Plague Production Dismounted Reconnaissance Sets, Kits and Outfits (DRSKO) EMD Engineering and Manufacturing Development, WEVEE Western, Eastern, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis 9
Improved Turbine Engine Program UNCLASSIFIED Science & Technology Enable next-generation of capabilities Joint Multi-Role Degraded Visual Environment Mobility Lighter weight, stronger Armor Traumatic Brain Injury Detector Optimized Soldier Performance Assured Position, Navigation & Timing Cyber Operations Survivability Lethality Tactical 50 & 100kW laser Disruptive Energetics 10
Our International Partners Worldwide Totals Foreign Military Sales Countries: 178 Training Seats: 4,279 Cooperation Agreements: 534 International Partnership enables us to Collectively Protect Freedom and Ensure Prosperity around the Globe Source: USASAC/TRADOC as of 28 April 2015 11