United States Army Futures and Concepts Command
Unit of the Transformation and Training Command
The United States Army Futures and Concepts Command (FCC) is located on Fort Eustis, Virginia, as a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Transformation and Training Command (T2COM). FCC is tasked with testing management and establishing requirements for the Army's materiel, systems, training, and doctrine.
History
On 1 October 2003, the U.S. Army Futures Center (FC), aka TRADOC Futures Center (FC), was established as a subordinate unit to the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).
The Futures Center consisted of five directorates and a forward operating element:
Combat Development and Experimentation Directorate
Capabilities Developments Directorate
Requirements Integration Directorate
Architecture Integration and Management Directorate
International Army Programs Directorate
Futures Center (Forward), a liaison office located in Washington, D.C.
Army Capabilities Integration Center
In February 2006, U.S. Army Futures Center was redesignated U.S. Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC), with headquarters at Fort Monroe, Virginia. ARCIC had a lead role in integrating the BCT modernization program into the army.
The ARCIC was organized as three directorates and one command:
ARCIC Plans & Operations Directorate
Concept Development and Learning Directorate
International Army Programs Directorate
Joint Modernization Command aka JMC (known as the Brigade Modernization Command, or BMC, from 2006 to 2017)
Transfer to Army Futures Command
On 1 July 2018, the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) was established, consolidating units that performed future development.
The transition from TRADOC to AFC took place ceremonially on 7 December 2018, at Fort Eustis, Virginia. It saw a reflagging of the center, and repatching of the commander and command sergeant major. At that time, ARCIC was redesignated U.S. Army Futures and Concepts Center (FCC).
The Futures and Concepts Center consisted of:
Directorate of Concepts (DoC)
Futures Integration Directorate (FID)
Joint Modernization Command (JMC)
Capability development and integration directorates (CDID)
Aviation CDID
Chaplin CDID
Cyber CDID
Fires CDID
Intelligence CDID
Maneuver CDID
Maneuver Support CDID
Medical CDID
Mission Command CDID
Sustainment CDID
Transfer to Transformation and Training Command
In October 2025, the Army established the Transformation and Training Command (T2COM), consolidating the Army Futures Command with Training and Doctrine Command.
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