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Army Airborne Command and Control System
(A2C2S)

• The A2C2S will have the capability to function as an airborne Tactical Command Post (TACCP) or as a "jump" Tactical Operations Center (TOC), hosted on a UH-60 helicopter, providing command & control (C2) and situational awareness (SA), via a host of workstations with applicable software to ensure mission accomplishment.
•  The A2C2S employs Non-Developmental Items (NDI), Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) items, Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) and modified Contractor Furnished Equipment (CFE).
• The A2C2S is managed by the Project Manager, Tactical Operations Centers / Air and Missile Defense Command and Control Systems (PM TOCS/AMDCCS) via the Product Manager, A2C2S.

 

 

Functional Overview

      The A2C2S is an extension of the current airborne C2 capability and is an integral part of the Division XXI operational and organizational concept. The system is an airborne command post that is used by the commanders and staffs at echelons above corps, corps, division, and ground and aviation maneuver brigades. It provides command on the move during all types of operations from combat on a sophisticated battlefield with a major regional power to conducting stability operations within a failed state dominated by competing paramilitary factions.

       The A2C2S mission equipment package, installed in the UH-60 helicopter, will afford the commander a mobile C2 capability with voice and data equipment that will provide battlefield information processing and connectivity equivalent to a TACCP or a "jump" TOC. This ability enables the warfighter to maintain SA and to exercise C2 of assigned and attached elements and to coordinate with adjacent, supported, and supporting forces while operating in a static ground mode or moving across the battlespace in an airborne mode at speeds as fast as 180 kilometers per hour.

Technical Description

   The A2C2S consists of an A-Kit and a B-Kit. The A-Kit contains hardware modifications to the UH-60 helicopter that will accommodate the installation and operation of the MEP. This hardware includes additional antennas, mounts, wiring and cables, power and communications interfaces, and a replacement floor. The A-kit components become permanent components of the aircraft. The MEP or B-kit consists of up to five workstations (monitors, keyboards, crash-worthy seats, displays, computers, line-of-sight and non-line-of sight communications equipment, and equipment racks to house them. The B-kit can be transferred between A-Kit equipped aircraft.

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