The Foreign Military Sales – Army Case Execution System, or FMS-ACES, under the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems has been authorized to advance to its implementation through a commercial off-the-shelf solution. The FMS-ACES product office will collaborate with a single vendor to develop the platform’s program in the Army’s cloud-based operational environment, the service branch said Friday.
The Forge Group, a Reston, Virginia-based technology and security consulting company, separately announced that it has secured the FMS-ACES development contract. The Army launched a competitive prototyping effort for FMS-ACES in April, with an initial search for two vendors of prototype solutions.
The Army said FMS-ACES will provide interface management services that will enable its foreign military sales stakeholders to access an end-to-end case implementation and management system. The platform will also allow other capabilities, such as integrated logistics, query and data visualization and standardization.
A program increment planning is scheduled on Tuesday to gear the FMS-ACES for a minimal viable capability release to users within one year, with regular service delivery expected by September 2025.
The FMS-ACES execution is being coordinated with other PEO Enterprise programs, such as the General Fund Enterprise Business System, to share operational learnings and best practices.
According to Forge, it partnered with technology companies Horizon Industries and 540.co to develop its enterprise system that the Army has selected to replace its Case Information System and streamline the service’s full FMS case management lifecycle.
