En 2017, el US ARMY creó ocho “Cross Functional Teams” enmarcados en el nuevo “Futures Command”, con el objetivo de integrar en esos CFT, a personal de la Fuerza y expertos en Defensa, capaces de explorar nuevas tecnologías a ser incorporadas en una variedad de áreas funcionales. Una de esas áreas, denominada “Long Range Precision Fires – LRPF”, tiene como objetivo la definición de un conjunto integrado de sistemas de armas de artillería, que permita contrarrestar lo que consideran es una situación de desbalance a favor de sus eventuales oponentes, especialmente Rusia.
The U.S. Army is looking to develop a slew of new extended range artillery weapons to counter what it views as a growing imbalance in this regard with potential opponents, especially Russia. These new proposals include the addition of a hypervelocity or ramjet-powered projectile for existing cannons, a new quasi-ballistic missile with anti-tank and loitering munition payloads, an ultra long range “supergun,” and a potentially treaty-busting medium-range missile.
Representatives from the service’s new so-called “cross functional team,” or CFT, for Long Range Precision Fires, or LRPF, described this potential mix of systems at the Association of the United States Army’s Global Force Symposium in March 2018.
In 2017, the Army announced plans to create eight CFTs within a new Futures Command, bringing together service members and subject matter experts to explore new technologies in a variety of different functional areas. In addition to LRPF, these include groups focused on developments relating to the Next Generation Combat Vehicle; Future Vertical Lift; Network Command, Control, Communication, and Intelligence; Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing; Air and Missile Defense; Soldier Lethality; and the Synthetic Training Environment.
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