United States Army Futures and Concepts Command


The United States Army Futures and Concepts Command is located on Fort Eustis, Virginia, as a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Transformation and Training Command. FCC is tasked with testing management and requirements establishing for the Army's materiel, systems, training, and doctrine.

History

On 1 October 2003, the U.S. Army 'Futures Center, aka TRADOC Futures Center', was established as a subordinate unit to the Training and Doctrine Command.
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, 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, 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:
On 1 July 2018, the U.S. Army Futures Command 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'.
The Futures and Concepts Center consisted of:
  • Directorate of Concepts
  • Futures Integration Directorate
  • Joint Modernization Command
  • Capability development and integration directorates
  • *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, consolidating the Army Futures Command with Training and Doctrine Command.
Accordingly, the Futures and Concepts Center became the Futures and Concepts Command. The FCC transferred from Army Futures Command to the Transformation and Training Command. The FCC also received several units including: the Combat Capabilities Development Command, the Medical Research and Development Command, and the Transformation Decision Analysis Center.
The Futures and Concepts Command consists of:
  • Directorate of Concepts
  • Futures Integration Directorate
  • Combat Capabilities Development Command
  • Medical Research and Development Command
  • Joint Modernization Command
  • Transformation Decision Analysis Center
  • Future capability directorates
  • * Aviation FCD
  • * Command and Control FCD
  • * Cyber FCD
  • * Fires FCD
  • * Formation Based Layered Protection FCD
  • * Intelligence FCD
  • * Maneuver FCD
  • * Medical FCD
  • * Sustainment FCD