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collaboration on the battlefield. The FSC2 team looks forward to the future development of ASCA and hopes to implement it soon. Joint fires could not be accomplished effectively across the battlefield without AFATDS C2.
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PFC George Dick of the 2-4 Infantry, 4th BCT, 10th Infantry Div., operates AFATDS in an exercise at Forward Operating Base Anvil at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, LA. (U.S. Army photo by Tim Rider.)
C2 to conduct both lethal and non- lethal fires. While all FSC2 products support multiple services, AFATDS and JADOCS stand out among these sys- tems as true joint and coalition tools.
AFATDS AFATDS is the land component’s automated fire support C2 system that processes, analyzes, and exchanges com- bat information within the Army/U.S. Marine Corps (USMC)/joint archi- tecture. Its interoperability with other Army, USMC, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Navy C2 systems, as well as international partners, makes this system an asset for commanders throughout the services. The technical fire direction capability is at the heart of AFATDS, designed to ensure that the right surface targets are quickly engaged with the most effi- cient fire support asset that meets the joint task force commander’s intent. AFATDS provides fully automated support for planning, coordinating, controlling, and executing fires and effects. It supports weapon systems such as mortars, field artillery cannons, rockets, close air support, attack heli- copters, and naval surface fire support systems. FSC2 recently enhanced the performance of AFATDS by adding fires planning, scheduling of fires, and
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target list development to include no- strike lists and restricted target lists.
One unique aspect of AFATDS is its future approach to providing coalition support in current-day conflicts. FSC2 is currently designing the Artillery Systems Cooperation Activities (ASCA) interface, which is the first concerted effort to build a fires C2 interface among multiple countries. This tool will enable disparate country systems to interoperate and send bidirectional data from their own C2 systems to execute fires missions and planning/ scheduling of fires using other countries’ assets. ASCA recently underwent successful developmental testing, but is undergoing further analysis prior to implementation.
AFATDS continues to greatly enhance fire support in multinational and coali- tion activities, providing for successful
JADOCS is also a joint and combined warfighting application that provides warfighters with a combination of tools, services, and mission managers to bridge “capability gaps” identified by combatant commands (COCOMs) and service commanders. JADOCS focuses on the joint service component, coalition-targeting process, and coor- dination carried out from battalion through the Joint Force headquarters and COCOMs based on the operational situation. Today, JADOCS represents a true joint and coalition tool, providing a timely, accurate, and detailed opera- tional environment view for planning, coordination, and execution of time- sensitive and component targets.
JADOCS provides capabilities in each of the six phases of the joint target- ing cycle (see figure on Page 43). Nomination of targets and subsequent vetting through execution and coor- dination enables the commander to assess an estimation of battle damage and collateral damage. JADOCS’ mis- sion coordination role is to deconflict, collaborate, exchange digital informa- tion, and visualize. Prior to JADOCS, there was limited horizontal mission coordination between programs of record (PORs). JADOCS has specifi- cally solved this weakness and provides the horizontal coordination elements, interface, communications tools, and
PM BC and FSC2 continue work to achieve fully interoperable joint BC and joint fi re control systems while still trying to achieve a seamless interface between communications and computer networks.
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