Talk:Future Combat Systems Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon

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• Original article based on PD military writing ([www.army.mil/fcs/factfiles/nlosc.html]).--Duk 09:55, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Replacement

Is this the M109 howitzer replacement? Jigen III 17:19, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

The XM2001 Crusader was supposed to replace the M109 but got cancelled in 2002. The NLOS-C is the only thing on the horizon that can replace it now. Amatulic 21:13, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

So is it explicitly being described and planned as an M109 replacement by the U.S. military? -Toptomcat 18:29, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

No, it is described as a component of the Future Combat Systems (FCS). The result may be replacement of M109, and that's likely how Congress envisions it because Congress created the NLOS-C program immediately in response to Rumsfeld canceling Crusader. NLOS-C was later merged into the FCS program when that program started in the following year. The military, to my knowledge, has never "advertised" the NLOS-C as an M109 replacement. -Amatulic 06:36, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Development

How far along is development? It sounds like all we've got is specifications. -Toptomcat 18:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

There are more than specifications for NLOS-C. There is a working prototype undergoing firing/mobility tests right now, and a handful more prototypes will begin construction next year (2007).

The program is currently in the System Design and Development (SDD) phase, working toward Program Design Review (PDR) in 2008. Contract Design Review (CDR) will be in 2010, and the initial production decision won't be made by the Army until 2012. -Amatulic 18:38, 15 November 2006 (UTC)