{"id":50250,"date":"2023-10-10T19:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T19:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/10\/army-exec-wants-robust-industry-input-in-revamp-of-artillery-software\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:36:15","slug":"army-exec-wants-robust-industry-input-in-revamp-of-artillery-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2023\/10\/10\/army-exec-wants-robust-industry-input-in-revamp-of-artillery-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Army exec wants \u2018robust\u2019 industry input in revamp of artillery software"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Army networking experts want to rejuvenate software with decades of history that helps troops coordinate mortars, guided missiles, close air support and more on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2023\/04\/07\/bandwidth-of-brothers-us-armys-101st-airborne-to-get-advanced-radios\/\" target=\"_blank\">Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications-Tactical<\/a> is \u201cembarking on our modernization strategy\u201d for the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System, or AFATDS, according to Mark Kitz, the office\u2019s leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s been one of those programs that\u2019s been out there so long, but it\u2019s really a software application to do fires. I want to stimulate a robust industry involvement,\u201d Kitz said. \u201cUpdate it, modernize it, ground-up deliver a new capability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The automated AFATDS program \u2014 meant to shrink the sensor-to-shooter timeline while also boosting accuracy \u2014 fuses situational awareness and targeting data in near-real time. It is a digital cornerstone of several ventures with the Long Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2023\/08\/01\/us-army-readies-new-artillery-strategy-spurred-by-war-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Extended Range Cannon Artillery<\/a> and the Precision Strike Missile program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leidos in 2017 won a contract worth tens of millions of dollars to work on the software, promising to improve functionality, update the user interface and simplify training modules. The Virginia-based company is the 16th largest defense contractor in the world by defense revenue, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.defensenews.com\/top-100\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defense News\u2019 Top 100 list<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program executive office in February issued <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/opp\/649f41122cae44559750af9034377acc\/view\" target=\"_blank\">a request for information<\/a> concerning the overhaul of AFATDS, which interfaces with more than 80 other systems, including some owned by the Air Force and Navy. 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