PM MC - Project Manager Mission Command

FSC2

Mission

Through evolutionary development processes, FSC2 directs acquisition management, robust testing, and deployment and sustainment, empowering commanders with the capability to plan and execute the delivery of lethal and non-lethal fires. The Mission Command Collapse Strategy is integrating fires capabilities that provide the ability to visualize fires situational awareness and increases collaboration among fires staff.

Description

Fire Support Command and Control (FSC2), under Project Manager Mission Command (PM MC), Program Executive Office Command Control and Communications Tactical, is the Army Battle Command System (ABCS) component that provides the U.S. Army, Joint and Coalition Commanders with the capability to plan and execute the delivery of both lethal and non-lethal fires.

Family of Products

  • Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) is an automated FSC2 system that processes, analyzes, and exchanges combat information among the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and other Joint architectures. 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 and missiles, close air support, attack aviation, and naval surface fire support systems.
  • Joint Automated Deep Operations Coordination System (JADOCS) is a joint 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. Warfighters utilize JADOCS capabilities to focus target processing, and effectively coordinate synchronized execution across different spectrums starting from the battalion to the Joint Force headquarters and COCOMs based on the operational situation.
  • Pocket-sized Forward Entry Device (PFED) is the forward entry device used by forward observers and fire support teams to transmit and receive fire support messages over standard military line of sight, HF and SATCOM radios. Combined with the integrated Precision Fire Imagery application, PFED can generate a coordinate sufficient to target precision munitions. PFED also incorporates the latest changes to support the Digitally Aided Close Air Support effort.
  • Lightweight Forward Entry Device (LFED) hardware hosts the Forward Observer System (FOS) software which enables forward observers and fire support teams to plan, control and execute fire support operations at maneuver platoon, company, battalion and brigade levels. LFED supports the latest changes in Digitally Aided Close Air Support.
  • Gun Display Unit-Replacement (GDU-R) is the Army's replacement for the unsupportable Gun Display Unit that digitally receives and displays firing commands from the Fire Direction Center which are then forwarded down to the crews of nondigitized howitzers via the GDU-R, thereby allowing quicker crew actions with significantly less intervention than when using voice commands.
  • CENTAUR is the lightweight tactical fire direction system that serves as a technical fire direction capability. Its primary function is a secondary calculation check for AFATDS or manual calculations.

Major Initiatives

PD FSC2 is migrating fires, targeting and mission execution application capabilities as part of the Mission Command Collapse Strategy. As part of this strategy, the Maneuver Commander and staff will be able to visualize Fires Situational Awareness that includes Targets, Units and Geometries, as well as interact with the Fires Support Officer and Fires staff. They will also be provided the capability to visualize and coordinate data and courses of action for Time Sensitive Targets with other Army units and Joint staffs. Interaction includes, creating, editing and collaborating on fires data among the Maneuver Commander's staff.