Review and Integration of Target Acquisition and Designation for Artillery Attack of Armor.

Abstract

The Battlefield Systems Integration Directorate of the Army Material Readiness and Development Command (DARCOM/BSI) requested that The BDM Corporation review and analyze three artillery related problems: the integration and coordination of target acquisition and designation resources for artillery attack of armored systems in Zone 1, the same review and analysis for Zone 2 as for Zone 1, and the ammunition requirements for conventional artillery ammunition fire against area targets normally found on the modern battlefield. For the purpose of accomplishing Tasks 1 and 2, target acquisition and designation resources were defined as being: standoff target acquisition system (SOTAS), remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs), the advanced scout helicopter (ASH), a forward observer with a ground laser locator designator (GLLD), a forward observer without a ground laser locator designator, REMBASS sensor items, and ground surveillance radars. Early in the research effort, it was determined that the current organization of the ground artillery locating and designating teams now called Fire Support Teams of FIST appear ot be very efficient units. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 17, 1978
Accession Number
ADA091743

Entities

Organizations

  • Braddock Dunn & McDonald

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Ammunition
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Fire Support
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Surveillance Radar
  • Target Acquisition
  • Two Dimensional
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Military Science
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy