AFATDS Increment II
Abstract
AFATDS Increment 2 will continue as the automated C2 system for the Fires War Fighting Function. Increment 2 will permit the management and targetability of the collective and coordinated target acquisition data, effective selection of munitions-target pairing from indirect fire weapons (land and sea based), as well as fixed and rotary wing aircraft against targets located throughout an area of operations. AFATDS Increment 2 will be used to actively plan offensive information operations and exploit electronic attack weapon systems through the use of planning tools for effects and the status and readiness of the systems that can best support the commander's intent. AFATDS Increment 2, through a network of Fires assets, can assist the commander to accomplish these tasks using it at the operational and tactical levels of war from the Soldier, Sailor, and Marine fighting the tactical fight to the operational staff preparing for the future fight. AFATDS Increment 2 will provide the supported maneuver commander the capability to plan, coordinate, rehearse, and execute integrated networked fires. Networked fires will include lethal and non-lethal effects producing weapon platforms and the empowerment of knowing, within seconds, the lethal status and availability of the fires platforms within the commander's area of influence, which include air, sea, and land-based weapon platforms. Net-centricity will enable the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) commander to view targets that adjacent BCTs have encountered or engaged in their area of operations. This capability enables the commander to: exploit under-tasked air support assets, view/task weapons platforms based on coordinated command-supported relationships, and search target data files and repositories. Using the web-based tools, the BCT commander can access higher command centers via search wizards over Warfighter Information Network Tactical (WIN-T) portals and internet gateways to the Global Information Grid (GIG). There is an operational need to provide Fires data to a central database repository within the BCT. That repository will be accessible through network addressing or web-enabled search wizards to locate information relative to a certain maneuver element, within a BCT or adjacent BCTs, thus supporting unified battle command. AFATDS Increment 2 will provide three distinct applications that interface via Local Area Network/Tactical Communications Protocol/Internet Protocol/User Datagram Protocol(LAN/TCP/IP/UDP) addressing with a common core database and core system functions/management that resides on a remote battle command server. The three applications–Fire Support, Fire Control, and Fire Direction–will support role-based functionality and provide a less complicated AFATDS package to the Warfighter.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- DU5_0203726A_7_2040_PB_2014
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