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Command and Control/GIS Practice
Case Studies:
Future Combat Command & Control (FCC2) Functions
_____________________________________________Challenge
The US Army's Mounted Maneuver Battlespace Lab (MMBL) is developing new methods of configuring command and control functions in operations centers at all levels within the Future Combat System (FCS) Unit of Action (UOA).
This program required tactical fire control capabilities that could perform netted fires for all of the FCS weapon platforms using the minimum number of precision-guided munitions necessary for the maximum effect against large target arrays. This required selecting multiple firing platforms and munitions to obtain the optimal weapons mix against a target array, and then issuing fire orders.
Given the fast tempo of FCS operations, several hundred individual fire missions may be required in a matter of minutes. The netted fires application must perform this function in both high-fidelity simulations and real-world environments.
Result
CHI Systems' Command & Control/GIS Team adapted the C3Core fire control components to perform high-speed, multi-weapon, multi-target pairing for large target arrays, built a complete interface to the MMBL's OTBSAF simulation. The resulting product was the Combat Decision Aiding System (CDAS).
In this variation of C3Core, the fire control functions can process hundreds of targets into fire missions in a matter of minutes. It can effectively destroy a large target array in less than 15 minutes, assuming that ammunition and weapon platforms are available.
With improved fire control functions within C3Core, the application has become one of the primary competitors for the next generation of fire control software to be fielded in the FCS program. CDAS users at the MMBL gave the application high praise for its ease of use, intuitive user interface, ability to track large numbers of targets, and power to operate for days without a software failure.
