ATCCS: an integrated C<sup>3</sup> environment

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ATCCS: an integrated C³ environment

Rechter, R.J. / Bender, D.F. / Holdrege, W.A. / Walbeck, J. / Pizzutelli, C. jun.

The US Army's requirements and development communities must ensure that the user battlefield automated systems (BASs) and the supporting tactical communications systems evolve compatibly over the next decade toward the primary goal: an integrated C³ environment. Performance requirements for Army Tactical Command and Control Systems (ATCCS) have been developed based on the operational needs of the five battlefield functional areas (BFAs)-Maneuver, Fire Support, Air Defense, Intelligence/Electronic Warfare (EW) and Combat Service Support. The BASs supporting each BFA were designed to meet the degree of distributed functionality required and to provide corresponding distributed processing, data storage and display capabilities. The tactical communications systems-Area Common User System (ACUS), Army Data Distribution System (ADDS) and Combat Net Radios (CNRs)-must provide the communications backbone for each BAS within its intended operational area. They also must provide organic support in their integrated force level support roles throughout ATCCS.