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NATO : How To Synchronize And Integrate Multinational Fires ?
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NATO at all echelons will operate in a Multinational environment . To provide Commanders the capability to make informed decisions , he / she will need to visualize the battlefield . At the tactical level , in order for the Maneuver Commander to shape the battlefield and support his / her forces with timely and accurate fires , Call For Fires will need to be in the digital arena . This can only be accomplish by having Multinational digital interoperability ; providing a Common Operating Picture ( COP ) for all to see and Allied Nations ’ Field Artillery Command and Control ( FA C2 ) systems that can share data .
Fires assets will be provided to NATO Response Forces ( NRF ) from multiple nations . Bottom Line is how will NATO forces shoot , move , and communicate using different Multinational FA C2 in order to provide timely and accurate Fires ? Furthermore , how will the Fires section at a Headquarters build a Fires COP across the Area of Operations ( AO ), providing the Commander situational awareness ? This will provide the Commander the capability to make informed decisions and visualize the battlefield , the “ so what ”. Due to the majority of the 28 NATO members ’ FA C2 systems not being digitally interoperable with each other , how will NATO accomplish the above mentioned tasks ?
A solution for Multinational FA C2 interoperability is the Artillery Systems Cooperation Activities ( ASCA ). ASCA provides a common interface between different FA C2 systems ; allows interoperable between only ASCA members ( there are only 5 full members at the current time ). For this reason , ASCA would not be a workable solution for NATO ’ s current Enhanced NRF Headquarters ; NATO Rapid Deployable Corps-Spain ( NRDC-SPAIN ), there had to be another course of action .
The current solution is to provide Liaison Officer ( LNO ) packages with their nation ’ s FA C2 system at HQs NRDC-SPAIN . However , LNO packages are manpower and communications equipment intensive . At the VJTF BDE level , the BDE HQs is Spanish with subordinate battalions from Spain , Portugal , UK , Poland , and Belgium with Spanish and British Artillery batterys . Due to no FA C2 interoperability between
Figure 1 .
VJTF BDE Fires Task Organization with LNO / FSLT teams
Figure 2 .
VJTF BDE Fire Support Liaison Team Structure
Figure 3 . VJTF BDE Call For Fire procedure
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