Forward Area Air Defense

							                                                                                                            “C3I System Architect for the Digitized Army”

 Forward Area Air Defense Command &                                                                                “Leading the Army into the Millennium”



 Control (FAAD C2)
 PROJECT MANAGER TOC/AMDCCS



                 AWACS                  E2C HAWKEYE                    SENTINEL                 AVENGER


                                                       PATRIOT



                                 JDN


                                                                                                                       SLAMRAAM

                                         SINCGARS or
                                            EPLRS                                 SINCGARS or
                                                                                     EPLRS




                                                                                                                        MANPADS
            A2C2/ABMOC



                                                           SENSOR C2
                        JDN
              MCS              AMDWS

            GCCS-A     ABCS      TAIS
                                                                                    BATTERY CP            LINEBACKER
              AFATDS           CSSCS                         MSE
                       FBCB2

MISSION                                                                   FAAD C2I was the first system used in the Transformation of the
To collect, digitally process, and disseminate real-time target           First Digitized Division (FDD)/III Corps.
cueing and tracking information, common tactical air picture, and
command, control, and intelligence (C2I) information to all Short         FOREIGN COUNTERPART
Range Air Defense (SHORAD) weapons (Avenger, Bradley                      None.
Linebacker, Manportable Air Defense System [MANPADS], Joint
and combined arms); to provide Joint C2 interoperability and              FOREIGN MILITARY SALES
horizontal integration with PATRIOT, THAAD, MEADS, and                    Egypt.
SHORAD weapon systems.
                                                                          PROGRAM STATUS
DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATIONS                                            Currently in Block III objective system development. Block II has
The Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control and                         been fielded. Completed the FAAD C2 V5.2 LUT at Ft Bliss, TX.
Intelligence (FAAD C2I), a Battle Management/Command,                     Received a Conditional Materiel Release of FAAD C2 V5.1.
Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (BM/C4I)
system, provides critical, automated air track information (friend-       PROJECTED ACTIVITIES
ly and enemy aircraft, cruise missiles, and Unmanned Aerial               FY04 - V5.2 MR
Vehicles [UVAs]) to support air defense weapon systems                    FY05 – FUE III Corps (Digitized).
engagement operations and to provide air situational awareness            FY06 – V5.4a MR with SLAMRAAM Block I.
to other Army Battle Command Systems (ABCS). Unique FAAD                  FY06 – Block III IOC.
C2 software provides mission capability by integrating FAAD C2            FY07 – V6.0b MR with SLAMRAAM Block II.
Engagement Operations software with the following systems:
                                                                          PRIME CONTRACTOR(S)
   * Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) /             Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
     MIDS                                                                 (NGMS)
   * Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
     (SINCGARS)                                                           POINTS OF CONTACT
   * Enhanced Position Location Reporting System (EPLRS)                  Product Manager, AMDCCS
   * Global Positioning System (GPS)                                      ATTN: SFAE-C3T-AD
   * Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS)                          145 Research Blvd., Bldg 12
   * Sentinel                                                             Madison, AL 35758
   * Army Battle Command Systems (ABCS) architecture                      (256) 774-6753 (DSN-266)