NewVectors Projects

Program Manager, Lethality

As recent events have shown, the nature of combat is constantly evolving and combat systems, to be effective, must evolve well. That is the driving force behind the Army's Future Combat System, a critical component of the Army's transition towards a more versatile and lethal force.

Working with the Program Manager, Future Combat Systems-Lethality (PM Lethality), NewVectors has developed a baseline for measuring the lethality of this future force. We have also conducted comprehensive modeling and simulation to evaluate alternative mixes of systems and munitions. Because logistics is a significant constraining factor, NewVectors has analytically quantified the logistics impact of each feasible alternative. For selected alternatives, we have developed cost estimates and applied those to the combat effectiveness metrics to determine the most cost-effective structures.

This analysis is being used by PM Lethality and by Army leadership to make fundamental decisions regarding the type and quantities of systems that will be developed for the future Army, making it the easily deployable and highly lethal force needed to defend our nation's interests.