By using existing and proven technology, tailored to Marine expeditionary requirements, we will be able to quickly deliver a simple, elegant, enduring and USMC-usable capability to meet the program's critical needs and schedule," said Dan Zanini, SAIC senior vice president and Landforce Systems operation manager.

SAIC Senior Vice President and FCS Deputy Program Manager Dan Zanini noted: "Every system already has a functioning prototype undergoing test and evaluation, which greatly reduces risk for the balance of the program."

- Daniel Zanini - Program Manager Future Combat System (Brigade Combat Team) Daniel R. Zanini, Senior Vice President, is SAICs Program Manager for the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. Helping lead the Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) and industry team, Zanini also serves as the overall Deputy Program Manager, FCS, and is responsible for all aspects of FCS program management. FCS is a major Army transformation initiative in the System Development and Demonstration Phase and is valued at $21.2B. Prior to his current assignment, Zanini retired from the US Army as a Lieutenant General, after more than 37 years of service. Immediately prior to retirement, he commanded the Eighth U.S. Army in Korea with concurrent duties as Chief of Staff, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea. He has previously held a wide variety of important command and staff positions.

SAIC Senior Vice President Dan Zanini, a retired Army lieutenant general, is deputy program manager of Future Combat Systems. "FCS is the most relevant program in the Army, and many would suggest the most relevant program in the Department of Defense," said Dan Zanini, an SAIC senior vice president who serves as deputy program manager of Future Combat Systems. "We work from concept to the architecture to the design and then go out and do source selection, identifying ... those best-of-industry companies that can produce for us the systems and the ... subcomponents of those systems," said Zanini, a retired three-star general who commanded Army forces in South Korea. The company also is heavily involved in developing software for the system. Little of the work is being done in San Diego, where SAIC is based. "We move the work force to where the center of gravity is for the work," Zanini said.Zanini said FCS is being developed in phases.At each stage, products are tested by soldiers to see if they work and how they can be improved, he said.Lessons learned from testing are applied to the next phase of development, which allows the program to keep up with advances in technology, he said. "You're in a build-test-build cycle throughout the life of the program," Zanini said.

Dan Zanini, SAIC vice president and program manager for Future Combat Systems, said the entire program has risen in importance based on lessons learned in Iraq.Just one year into the contract, Zanini said the program has grown to 17 companies and more than 5,000 people. "FCS has become a more immediate requirement," Zanini said.