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system software is minimal as the software internally handles the operations to launch the new rockets.”
CONCLUSION Tis year alone, Murray and his team are fielding launcher software upgrades to more than 40 U.S. Army, Marine Corps and National Guard units along with Army pre-positioned stock sites worldwide. Soldiers are receiving hands-on, over-the- shoulder training from experts who have been in the field as former launcher crew- members.
However, as the Army transitions from the current universal configuration to the Common Fire-Control System, there will be additional capabilities in the hardware and user interface requiring Soldiers to gain a new understanding and familiar- ity with the changes.
“Tere will be an initial learning curve and some differences in the way the software looks to them,” Murray said. “Tere’s going to be more technology for the Soldier to learn, but the good news is that for every version of tactical software we release for the launcher, we also release the Fire Control Panel Trainer using 95 percent of the tactical launcher code.”
Te Fire Control Panel Trainer, which runs on a laptop, will help provide the necessary training for the warfighter to be prepared for tactical operations in the field and during training missions.
HIMARS and its Universal Fire-Control System software will continue to support the Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires priority in 2023 with additional live-fire PRSM flight tests and Soldier touch points.
“Just as the software upgrades have integrated with and advanced the HIMARS launchers, so has our AVMC
BALLISTIC BAY
The HIMARS system resides in a high bay at the DEVCOM AVMC at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. (Photo by Haley Myers, DEVCOM AVMC Public Affairs)
government-to-government partnership with STORM worked hand-in-hand, side-by-side,” said Marsh. “Together, we are continuing to deliver the latest tech- nology to the battlefield, modernizing the fleet and readying the warfighter with future capabilities.”
For more information about DEVCOM AVMC go to
https://www.army.mil/ devcom-avmc.
KATIE DAVIS SKELLEY is a communications specialist for the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center.
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She has a decade of experience in telling the Army’s story and her work has been recognized by the Alabama Press Association Media Awards. She earned a bachelor’s degree with majors in criminal justice
administration and sociology from Middle Tennessee State University.
CONTRIBUTOR: Kinsey Lindstrom, strategic
communications, U.S. Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space, STORM Project Office. Army
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