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have been made because of the staffing and approval process to find units and Soldiers with time to share. Tis is where networking, relationships, stakeholder management and simply asking come in. In this approach, engaging a local unit may result in borrowing a few Soldiers for a day to get immediate and enlight- ening feedback.
Te Product Manager for Terrain Shap- ing Obstacles (TSO), formerly the Product Manager for Gator Landmine Replace- ment, within the Project Manager for Close Combat Systems (PM CCS) under the Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO A&A), is currently developing the revolutionary next generation of terrain- shaping munitions. Te concept is a box that includes either top attack or bottom attack munitions (the latter detonates as the threat rolls over it, and the former launches in the air and attacks from above when the threat is most vulnerable). Each box will contain a series of target- ing sensors as well as networked two-way command-and-control. Te munitions will feature on-off-on, remote destruct, self-locate and self-reporting capabilities, and can remain in the box and be recov- ered and reused if they’re not dispensed.
Product Manager TSO has facilitated several events to better inform the concept of operations, requirements and sustainment for the next generation of terrain-shaping obstacles. Tese events include:
Command and control conference. At this May 2018 conference, we openly discussed the command, control and communication solutions (and combina- tions thereof) that currently exist or are being developed for possible inclusion into the program. We asked our industry part- ners to share their thoughts on their own
DEPLOYING THE OBSTACLES
A look at the way terrain-shaping obstacles eventually will be deployed. The piece that PM CCS is currently working on is the close range. Bottom attack munitions detonate as the threat rolls over them, but they are vulnerable to mine-clearing vehicles and detectors; top attack munitions, which launch when deployed and attack from above, where the threat is most vulnerable. This is PM CCS’s current emphasis. The Army also envisions mid deployment using artillery, and mid and close deployment using vehicles and aircraft. Finally, the Air Force will be delivering deep TSO. (Graphic by PM CCS)
proposed solutions without necessarily disclosing proprietary data.
Te government support team created 12 questions to help meeting facilitators spur conversation. Tese questions encom- passed major focus areas of safety, such as safe passage for friendlies; data secu- rity and encryption; long- and short-haul communication capabilities; acquisition; and supportability. Te questions were asked several times to encourage industry
partners looking at command-and-control systems for terrain-shaping obstacles to share more insight into their solutions.
Government and industry participants presented more than eight hours of brief- ing material to the audience during the daylong forum, including technical details of the various industry approaches that were investigated and a discussion of the various trade-offs of each approach.
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