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Future Combat Systems, here and now

Sep 13, 2008

In June, the Army took much of its FCS gear to Washington, D.C., as part of its continuing effort to show off what's been accomplished so far and to keep funding on track. Pictured here is a prototype of one of the FCS manned ground vehicles, the XM1203 Non Line of Sight Cannon, or NLOS-C. The self-propelled 155mm howitzer has a two-man crew, a fully automated armament system, and a hybrid diesel-electric engine system. The eight manned vehicles in the FCS program share a common design for the chassis, to make production and maintenance simpler and cheaper. Eight NLOS-C prototypes are scheduled to be delivered to the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona by 2010.

Credit: Photo by US Army; Caption by Jonathan Skillings