Forward Area Air Defense
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Included in the U.S. Army Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control and Intelligence (FAAD, or FAAD C2I), a Battle Management/Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (BM/C4I) system system are the radios, computers, radars, and surface-to-air missiles to cover an Army tactical areas.[1] It also is the command and control component of the new counter-rocket, artillery and mortar|counter-rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) mission. As the Air Defense component of the Army Battle Command System.[2], the the Air and Missile Defense Command and Control System, has two main components, one for planning and one (FAAD) for tactical control:
With its ability to interoperate with the U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry and U.S. Navy E-2 Hawkeye, it can also get support from fighter aircraft; the E-3, again via JTIDS, can cue the air defenses of Navy ships that are in range. FAAD implements air defense artillery doctrine, but adds interfaces to systems outside the immediate ADA structure. command posts (CP), tactical operations centers (TOC), and fire direction centers (FDC). Integral components of the FAAD C3I system include:
The ABMOC and A2C2 systems utilize the Army Standard Integrated Command Post System (SICPS) shelter with HMMWV. SINCGARS and EPLRS radios, Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE), and Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) terminal provide communications (voice and data(, Communications systems; time and position informationAll the ground radios, at least, will be consolidated into the Joint Tactical Radio System and Warfighter Information Network-Tactical.
SensorsTo track aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicle and helicopter threats, there are two kinds of ground-based sensor (GBS). For heavy units, the ground-based sensor is the MPQ-64|AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel radar. The lightweight and special divisions interim sensor (LSDIS) is a man-portable warning radar and electronic warfare platform.
FAAD also interfaces to Air Force and Navy systems via the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System, including the E-3 Sentry and E-2 Hawkeye radar aircraft, and the shipboard AEGIS battle management system. WeaponsArmyThe Army has several levels of air defense weapons, not all in general deployment:
Air ForceF-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and F-15E Strike Eagle may, depending on upgrade level, have JTIDS; they will otherwise need HAVE QUICK II voice direction. F-22 Raptor has JTIDS, as will the F-35A Lighning II. Air Force fighters use AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9 Sidewinder, as well as final dogfight cannon Navy F-18 Hornet, F-18 Super Hornet, and future F-35C Lightning II fighters also use AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9 Sidewinder, as well as final dogfight cannon. In addition, Navy Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Burke-class destroyers have long-range RIM-156 Standard SM-2 and medium-range RIM-162 ESSM|RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles that may cover part of the land area controlled by FAAD, or approaches to it. References
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