12 UNITED STATES ARMY Air/Missile Defense Planning and Control System (AMDPCS) (WRAP Candidate)

MISSION


As the backbone of air defense, provide Battle Management/
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and
Intelligence (BM/C4I) capability to Air Defense Artillery (ADA)
Brigades, the Army Air and Missile Defense Command
(AAMDC) corps and echelons above corps headquarters, and
joint force command and control elements such as the
Battlefield Coordination Detachment (BCD).
DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATIONS
The AMDPCS provides ADA Brigades with a fire control system
via the Air Defense System Integrator (ADSI) for monitoring
and controlling engagement operations by subordinate battalions.
The AMDPCS provides a common air and missile
defense staff planning and battlespace situational awareness tool
via the Air and Missile Defense Workstation (ANDWS) to
achieve the common tactical and operational air picture. The
AMDWS, like ADSI, will be fielded to air and missile defense
units at all echelons of command, battery through theater. The
AMDPCS provides the Army Battle Command Systems (ABCS)
architecture and the Army Air and Missile Defense Task Forces
(AMDTF) with BM/C4I capability and the Army component of
interoperable Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense (JTAMD)
BM/C4I. The AMDPCS enables Active Passive, and Attack
Operations coordination with the joint forces. AMDPCS
(Project D169) was initiated with WRAP funding in FY99.


FOREIGN COUNTERPART
No known foreign counterpart


FOREIGN MILITARY SALES
None


PROGRAM STATUS
3QFY97 Approved operational requirements document.
4QFY97 Approved as acquisition category III program.
FY99 Fieldings to one ADA brigade (partial), AAMDC update,
ADA School update.


PROJECTED ACTIVITIES
FY00 Fielding 1 AAMDC Army National Guard (ARNG), 1
ADA brigade
FY01 Fielding 2 ADA brigades retrofit, battlefield coordination
detachment (BCD).
FY02 Fielding 2 ADA brigades retrofit.
FY03 Fielding 2 ADA brigades retrofit.
PRIME CONTRACTORS
Brigade FCS: APC (Austin, TX); Brown International
(Huntsville, AL)
AMDWS: FAADC2, TRW (Huntsville, AL); Patriot, Intergraph
(Huntsville, AL

Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM)/Common Missile Warning System (CMWS)

MISSION
Detect, track, and defeat incoming missiles using airborne countermeasure
self-protection system.


DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATIONS
The AN/ALQ-212 Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures
(ATIRCM) is a modular system consisting of the AN/AAR-57
Common Missile Warning System (CMWS), infrared jam head,
improved countermeasure dispenser, and improved countermeasure
munitions. As a modular system, the ATIRCM can be
installed in various configurations: with the CMWS only, to
provide missile warning; with the CMWS and the improved
countermeasures dispenser; and with the laser and flash-lamp
jam head to create a complete system. ATIRCM provides automatic,
passive missile detection; threat-type declaration; crew
warning; false alarm suppression; and cues to other on-board
systems such as dispensers for countermeasure decoys. On the
Army version only, the ATIRCM/CMWS adds active, directional
countermeasures via a laser and an arc lamp.


FOREIGN COUNTERPART
No known foreign counterpart


FOREIGN MILITARY SALES
None.


PROGRAM STATUS
Current The ATIRCM is a joint acquisition category integration
category program. ATIRCM is undergoing contractor
qualification and flight testing as part of the engineering and
manufacturing development phase.


PROJECTED ACTIVITIES
2QFY02 Initiate low-rate production.
2QFY03 Milestone III decision scheduled.
1QFY04 First unit equipped.
PRIME CONTRACTORS
Lockheed Martin (Nashua, NH

Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS)

MISSION
Provide automated command, control, and communications system
for future fire support systems.




DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATIONS
Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS)
enables the maneuver commander to plan and execute attacks on
the right target, at the right time, with the right weapon system
and the right munitions. It provides for maximum utilization of
the fire support assets available on an expanding battlefield.
AFATDS provides the multiservice (Army and Marine Corps)
automated fire support command, control, and communications
portion of the Army Battle Command System (ABCS) and supports
the close, deep, and rear-battle fire-support requirements
of land and littoral doctrine. AFATDS is designed for full interoperability
with the other ABCS battlefield functional areas
(BFAs) as well as with the fire support capabilities of the Navy’s
and Air Force’s command and control weapon systems.
AFATDS provides integrated, automated support for planning,
coordinating, and controlling all fire-support assets (field
artillery, mortars, close air support, naval gunfire, attack helicopter,
and offensive electronic warfare) and for executing counterfire,
interdiction, and suppression of enemy targets for close
and deep operations. AFATDS uses non-developmental,
ruggedized, common hardware/software used by the other
ABCS BFAs. AFATDS uses the results of its target-value analysis
to establish target priorities, select the best weapon system
from all fire-support assets available, and coordinate target
acquisition and sensor assets to provide targeting information
and target damage assessment data.
Through interoperability with Air Force Theater Battle
Management Core System, AFATDS will be able to recommend
tasks for close air support of ground troops, as well as track and
maintain joint air targets. The AFATDS Joint Maritime
Command Information System interface allows for the
exchange of friendly and enemy-unit information and battlefield
geometry messages between the Army and USMC. The
AFATDS-Naval Fire Control System interface will provide for
Naval gunfire support. AFATDS software is being developed in
incremental, fieldable versions to accommodate evolving technology,
doctrine, tactics, weapons capabilities, and procedures.
Each version adds capability and functionality with AFATDS ’04
currently projected as the objective system. AFATDS follows
the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations-approved “first to
fight” fielding schedule which prioritizes fieldings to units that
will be deployed into combat first.


FOREIGN COUNTERPART
France: ATLAS; Germany: ADLER; Italy: SIR; Norway:
ODIN; United Kingdom: BATES.
FOREIGN MILITARY SALES
The price and availability to sell AFATDS has been issued to
Kuwait, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and Turkey. A purchase
order is in process for Portugal.


PROGRAM STATUS
1QFY99 AFATDS ’98 limited user test and evaluation
(LUTE).
2QFY99 AFATDS ’98 Package 11 interoperability test.
September 15, 1999 AFATDS ’02/04 contract award.
1QFY00 AFATDS ’98 materiel release.


PROJECTED ACTIVITIES
4QFY00 AFATDS ’99 technical test readiness review.
4QFY00 AFATDS ’99 LUTE.
2QFY01 AFATDS ’99 materiel release.


PRIME CONTRACTORS
Software: Raytheon (Fort Wayne, IN)
Hardware: General Dynamics (Taunton, MA)