Hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989--H.R. 4264 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs: Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session : Title I--Procurement of Aircraft, Missiles, Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Ammunition, and Other Procurement : Hearings Held March 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17, 1988 |
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Page 427 - Director of Weapons Systems in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research and Development.
Page 432 - Ve are making a conscious effort to down-size all new equipment being developed. This means we are making the equipment lighter and smaller, as well as more lethal. The use of composite material and plastic in armor plate may allow us to produce a nonmetallic armor which has a weight savings of 15 to 20 percent. The Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) now in development will be considerably smaller as well as much more capable than its predecessor. Large computers are being replaced...
Page 427 - Pihl's decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Cluster), the Bronze Star Medal...
Page 439 - SDC's long range goal is to provide control of the highly complex, multi-layered defense system. SDC is now focusing on mid-course and terminal phases of hostile missile flight, and is working on both continental and theater defense modes.
Page 437 - Efforts are directed to enhance the transportability of medical materiel through reduction of weight and size. Combat medical materiel items being developed to reduce the logistical burden and enhance survivability and return to duty include field production of oxygen and medical grade (intravenous) water, a field medical refrigerator, a heated patient liner for the transportation of casualties and a wheeled litter carrier. The advanced development of a lightweight hand-held field X-ray has been...
Page 431 - Deep operations will isolate the current close operation from enemy reinforcements so that our qualitative edge in training and equipment can defeat the Soviet's quantitative edge Deep operations are designed to shape the conditions in which future close operations will be conducted Deep operations are normally conducted at the corps level of command and above.
Page 457 - FY88 program will continue the technology demonstrations, including the conduct of operational assessments, warhead testing and a "shoot off' of the competing technologies. The Request for Proposal for the Full Scale Development will be prepared and released. The FY89 program will complete the Technology Demonstration phase and initiate Full Scale Development.
Page 442 - ... vehicles. These and other armament enhancement initiatives are directed at making the entire force more lethal. Smart munitions will be able to fly to precise locations and destroy specific targets This advance is possible by the incorporation of microelectronics within the munitions themselves We are making a conscious effort to down-size all new equipment being developed This means we are making the equipment lighter and smaller as well as more lethal. The use of composite material and plastic...
Page 425 - We will continue stressing the procurement of off-the-shelf "non-developmental" systems to insure a reduction in equipment fielding times and savings in development costs. The following introduction provides a brief overview of the research, development and acquisition objectives and ongoing efforts to meet these objectives. The weapons systems and other equipment are arranged to correspond to...
Page 464 - ... OPERATIONS Deep Operations allow us to win the Close Operations Deep operations are those activities against enemy forces not yet in contact with the forces conducting close operations at the forward line of troops (PLOT).