AFATDS Increment II
Abstract
AFATDS Increment 2 is the automated Command and Control (C2) system for the ground Fires Warfighting Function. AFATDS Increment 2 will permit the management and targeting analysis 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 develop a new software architecture by providing three distinct applications to support role-based functionality: Fire Support, Fire Control, and Fire Direction. It leverages the Common Operating Environment (COE) and Command Post Computing Environment (CP CE) products and capabilities. AFATDS Increment 2 provides a less complicated AFATDS software package to the Warfighter and is fully compliant with the Joint Command and Control Common User Interface (JC2 CUI) architectures. AFATDS Increment 2 will provide three distinct applications–Fire Support, Fire Control, and Fire Direction–that communicate with other systems via the Army's Lower Tactical Internet and Warfighter Information Network Tactical (WIN-T) communications network. AFATDS Increment 2 will leverage the Command Post Computing Environment's common core database and core system functions/management that resides on the battle command server. Using the web-based tools, the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) commander and his Fires staff can access other command centers via search wizards over WIN-T and internet gateways to the Global Information Grid (GIG). AFATDS Increment 2 will meet the operational need to provide Fires data to a central database repository within the BCT. That repository will be accessible using web services or web-enabled search wizards to locate information within a BCT, adjacent BCTs or higher headquarters, thus supporting unified battle command. AFATDS Increment 2 will be used to actively plan offensive operations and exploit electronic attack weapon systems through the use of planning tools for lethal and non-lethal effects and the status and readiness of the systems that can best support the commander's intent. AFATDS Increment 2 will provide the supported maneuver commander the capability to plan, coordinate, rehearse, and execute integrated networked fires. Networked fires include lethal and non-lethal platforms. Net-centricity will enable the 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 for enemy patterns that can be used in targeting and planning. Project DU5 funds development of AFATDS Increment 2. Initial AFATDS Inc 2 (version 7.0) development entails decomposing the AFATDS Increment 1 (v6.8.1) baseline.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- DU5_0203726A_7_2040_PB_2015
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