AMERICAN SYSTEMS is a leader in weapon systems and requirements assessment. Our personnel use Alternative Futures Planning to help our customers develop robust plans and avoid unnecessary risks. Our proven approach combines scenario-based planning methods with risk analysis techniques.
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In addition to developing a Joint Vision for Non-Lethals and identifying areas where non-lethal capabilities offer unique opportunities or significant comparative advantages, this work also influenced and was incorporated into the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century, the U.S. Air Force Vision, and the U.S. Special Operations Command Vision.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) JCIDS process is a robust cross-component analysis of warfighting and required capabilities. AMERICAN SYSTEMS performed a JCIDS Analysis for the Joint Service Small Arms Program (JSSAP). The top-down, three-step analysis, consisted of the Functional Area Analysis (FAA), Functional Needs Analysis (FNA), and Functional Solution Analysis (FSA).
AMERICAN SYSTEMS has been involved in the Active Denial System (ADS) since 1998 and has provided the principal technical and programmatic oversight for this emerging program. Our experience includes a full range of support to developmental testing as well as operational testing involving the Air Force Operation Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC).
Since the inception of the Active Denial System (ADS) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) in 2002, AMERICAN SYSTEMS played a pivotal role in the establishment, planning, and successful execution of the program.
Providing key management and technical support for the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, the program’s executing agent, AMERICAN SYSTEMS became a valued and trusted member of the core management team and performed the critical function of program integrator and coordinator between the technical, operational, and transition managers and the JNLWD. The JNLWD Director referred to the AMERICAN SYSTEMS member of the team as “the mortar between the bricks.” The ADS ACTD was considered one of the top three transformational ACTD projects in the Department of Defense and played an important role as a pathfinder for future directed energy non-lethal weapons programs. In 2005, the Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts, Ms Sue Payton, recognized the ADS ACTD team as the top management team of the year.