{"id":29816,"date":"2020-01-24T17:28:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/24\/from-long-range-fires-to-countering-drones-the-army-looks-to-link-weapons-systems-across-the-force\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:47:18","slug":"from-long-range-fires-to-countering-drones-the-army-looks-to-link-weapons-systems-across-the-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/c2-comms-battlefield-tech\/2020\/01\/24\/from-long-range-fires-to-countering-drones-the-army-looks-to-link-weapons-systems-across-the-force\/","title":{"rendered":"From long-range fires to countering drones, the Army looks to link weapons systems across the force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right now, a forward deployed brigade has what it needs to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/20\/as-multi-domain-operations-evolve-commanders-will-see-the-concept-at-all-levels\/\" target=_blank> target threats <\/a>and see what\u2019s coming in its immediate battlespace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that\u2019s no longer enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While yesterday\u2019s brigade commander could have held focus on a few dozen kilometers in artillery ranges, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/10\/09\/heres-how-the-army-continues-to-expand-its-reach-in-the-indo-pacific\/\" target=_blank>battlefield of tomorrow<\/a>, an attack could strike from 1,000 miles away or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/08\/07\/army-to-build-at-least-two-new-multi-domain-task-forces\/\" target=_blank>tying together old and new systems<\/a> across not just the Army but also with the other services and allies through the Joint All-Domain Command and Control project is how Army leaders such as Lt. 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Eric Wesley \u2014 deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Futures Command and director of the Futures and Concepts Center \u2014 see a way forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/08\/11\/this-3-star-army-general-explains-what-multi-domain-operations-mean-for-you\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rimpac-rocket-fire.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">This 3-star Army general explains what multi-domain operations mean for you<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Lt. 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Eric Wesley heads the Army Futures Command Future Concepts Center.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the systems wouldn\u2019t only help unit leaders see what\u2019s coming at them but also give them a way to identify and target enemy systems and switch the shooter they\u2019ll use on a moment\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right now, the airwaves are cluttered with commands calling commands, adjusting targets and assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s just too slow for what warfighters face today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So JADC2 and other efforts such as the Advance Battle Management System in the Air Force are finding ways to make those weapons systems talk to each other, transferring data automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A December Air Force experiment did just that between and F-35 and F-22, Wesley noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in the near future the same will be possible between an aircraft and a ground-based fires platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is far from the first time that services work jointly to target enemy assets. That was a proven concept during the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s and repeated in the 2003 Iraq invasion. But, Wesley, said those methods were \u201cbrittle\u201d and \u201cindustrial.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And they required 20th Century-style planning, complicated air tasking orders, weeks of planning, multi-service coordination and 72-hour missions on a dedicated platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wesley noted that neither of those conflicts was against a peer adversary in a hyperactive battle, which is what most planners are predicting for any potential, future conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With direct data linking, sharing sensor information between all services and platforms, a battery commander of a long range precision fires unit in the Pacific could be called up rapidly to take out a target that only minutes before had been in the crosshairs of an F-35, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And linking the systems with sensors and shooters also changes the day-to-day business of commanders in theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right now, satellites give one picture of an area but can\u2019t provide all the targeting detail that units need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201ccompetition space\u201d now and in the future will require continuous probing of enemy systems, finding ways to cause them to turn on and light up so that they can be targeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, a commanders day-to-day duties will be keeping those targets active and ensuring their communication links are solid so that, when called upon, they can take out a target without delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that will often be more of an option than it is now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If an adversary such as China or Russia is provoking U.S. units or allies just below the level of conflict, the \u201cgray zone\u201d experts reference, right now U.S. officials have two options \u2014 don\u2019t react and 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