Adv Field Artillery Tactical Data System(AFA)
Abstract
The Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) provides the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps automated fire support command, control and communications. AFATDS is used to plan, execute, and deliver lethal and non-lethal effects. AFATDS provides Joint/Coalition Situational Awareness for fires execution and mission management. The system interoperates and integrates with over 80 different battlefield systems, including Navy and Air Force command and control weapon systems; and the German, French, Turkish, and Italian fire support systems. AFATDS automates the planning, coordination, and control of all fire support assets (field artillery, mortars, close air support, naval gunfire, attack helicopters, offensive electronic warfare, fire support meteorological systems, forward observers, and fire support radars). AFATDS provides eleven core services that manage user input and handle dissemination of complex fires processes. These core services are: Attack/Engagement Analysis, Fire Support Planning, Mission Guidance, Target Definition, Mission Area Definition, Cross-System Graphics/Mapping management, Unit Task Organization Data, Fires Conflict Detection, Mobile Air/Ground Tracking, Mission Execution and Mission Trigger Events. These AFATDS services promote situational awareness of data, intelligence information and targeting data, in near real time, in order to effectively manage target selection and target engagement in accordance with the Maneuver Commanders guidance and priorities. Network Assisted GPS for Precision Fires (NA GPS) is a development effort to improve performance and mission reliability for GPS-guided munitions. Regardless of terrain-constrained operational conditions and GPS degraded environments, NA GPS will permit Precision Fires Mission availability. NA GPS is tailored to support standardized messaging with Joint Battle Command-Platform (JBC-P), AFATDS, M777A2 Towed Howitzer Digital Fire Control System and Mortar Fire Control System. FY15 funding for program element 0203726A project code 322 (PB2014 BLIN 161) was moved to program element 0203728A project code EF8.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 322_0203726A_7_2040_PB_2016
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