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But time is precious in a firefight, so the Army is working on the Joint Effects Targeting System to cut that lag time way down.<br\/><br\/>The Joint Effects Targeting System, due to roll out in mid-2019, is a precision, handheld marking tool with a color camera that can deliver coordinates within 10 meters of accuracy and digitally push the information to members of the fire support chain, day or night, in any weather conditions.<br\/><br\/>But JETS&#8217; real edge is that it cuts out the mensuration step, that 20- to 30-minute process of refining coordinates through multiple people before getting approval to drop GPS-guided ordnance\u00a0\u2014\u00a0addressing the Fires Center of Excellence&#8217;s top capability gap, according to the project&#8217;s assistant product manager.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;Out there on the battlefield, when you need timely effects on target with precision, the process of mensuration can really take a lot of time as far as impacting the maneuver commander\u2019s decision to either deploy those effects or to go ahead and take the objective through force,&#8221; Maj. Rob Heatherly told reporters in a Sept. 28 phone interview.<br\/><br\/>With the Army&#8217;s current laser-targeting system, coordinates and images have to be checked and rechecked by multiple targeting warrant officers and a fire support element, which sends the target up to their headquarters.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;You\u2019ll still have to get the maneuver commander to release weapons, but as far as the process of having to go all the way through the different levels, refine with imagery, it will cut that step out,&#8221; Heatherly said.<br\/><br\/>The team wrapped up its engineering, manufacturing and development phase this month with a Sept. 22 contract approval, awarding about $340 million to DRS Networks and Imaging Systems.<br\/><br\/>JETS is designed to be used by individual forward observers at the platoon and fire support team levels, who are usually out on their own looking for targets. To help them out, the system weighs just 5 1\/2 pounds and is about the size of an old Camcorder video camera.<br\/><br\/><br\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Full JETS setup\" data-alignment=\"center\" data-object-id=\"00000157-7685-d6bd-a377-7fdf6c4b0000\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/snagfilms-a.akamaihd.net\/18\/2f\/98d8aea04e6aa99eadfd6e433e48\/full-jets-setup.jpg\"\/><figcaption> <span>The full Joint Effects Targeting System setup, with laser marking module and Precision Azimuth Vertical Angle Module. The whole kit weights less than 17 lbs. (U.S. Army photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><br\/>With all the bells and whistles, including cables and enough battery for a 72-hour mission, it comes in at just under 17 pounds, Heatherly said.\u00a0Those extras are worth their weight, he said, and part of what makes JETS so effective. <br\/><br\/>The Army already has a high-precision targeting system, the\u00a0Lightweight Laser Designated Rangefinder,\u00a0but it has a\u00a0major shortfall.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;[It&#8217;s] great and all, unless you have significant cloud cover, if you\u2019re under foliage, if you\u2019re in a building, if you\u2019re in a place like Iraq where all the oil fires darken the sky,&#8221; Heatherly said.<br\/><br\/>JETS comes with a suite of optional extras, including a gadget called Precision Azimuth Vertical Angle Model, a box with a gyroscope that calculates the Earth&#8217;s rotation for the most accurate location reading possible, no matter the weather or time of day. It&#8217;s also got GPS for self-location, a celestial compass for locating targets and a laser marking module for guiding aircraft to targets.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;I can tailor my assault pack, if you will, depending on the mission at hand,&#8221;\u00a0Heatherly said.<br\/><br\/>The new system&#8217;s only shortfall is its range, he added. It can spot up to 2,500 meters, versus LLDR&#8217;s 3,700. It&#8217;s advantage, though, is in its portability\u00a0\u2014\u00a0a forward observer can walk around far and wide with JETS, while LLDR is a two- or three-person system that needs to be set up at a fixed observation point.<br\/><br\/>The next step in fielding the device is practicing drops with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 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