FCS Network

The intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors will be integrated onto all manned and unmanned ground vehicles, and will be capable of accomplishing a variety of missions.

The unmanned aerial vehicles will be able to maneuver to an area of attack and the onboard sensors will provide surveillance of targets and terrain, among other functions.

T-UGS provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance awareness to the BCTs, while U-UGS support clearing operations in confined spaces or urban chokepoints.

The applications layer is responsible for providing the integrated ability to assess, plan, and execute network-centric mission operations using a common interface.

The applications layer provides the ability for cross Battlefield Functional Area (BFA) problem solving and decision aiding capability for all brigades and below echelons.

It enables straightforward integration of separate software packages, independent of their location, connectivity mechanism and the technology used to develop them.

It improves current force communication limitations because it is primarily embedded in the mobile platforms and moves with the combat formations.