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Headquarters Air Combat Command
Air Armament Symposium
4-5 Oct 05
Maj Gen Jack Catton
HQ ACC/A8
This Briefing is:
UNCLASSIFIED
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Setting the Stage
• Joint & Combined Operations are here to stay
• What Today’s Weapons bring to the Joint Fight
• What Future Weapons need to bring to the Joint Fight
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Joint Warfare
• Joint force’s two main strengths:
• A diverse set of capabilities inherent in the various services
and other organizations that comprise the force
• An exceptional ability to integrate those capabilities in pursuit
of a common aim
• Supporting the Joint War Fighter
seen through our ACC/A8 lens:
• Acquire
• Sustain
• Modernize
Weapons support
Joint Warfare
Attributes
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Joint Attributes
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Knowledge empowered
Networked
Interoperable
Expeditionary
Adaptable / Tailorable
Enduring / Persistent
Precise
Fast
Resilient
Agile
Lethal
CAPSTONE CONCEPT for
JOINT OPERATIONS
Version 2.0
July 2005
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Weapons Capabilities
(ACC/A8’s Top 8)
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Adverse weather capable
More precise
Increased carriage
Extended range
Improved mobile target kill
Increased flexibility
Warhead versatility
Data linked
In support of Joint Attributes
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Adverse Weather
Tomorrow
Technologies
• GPS, INS Guidance
• Seekers
• Automatic Target Recognition
SDB I & II
WCMD-ER
JASSM
Today
JSOW
JDAM
WCMD
Effects
• Deny Weather sanctuary
• Navigation and impact accuracy
MK-80 Series
Yesterday
Persistent, Resilient, Lethal
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More Precise
Technologies
• Laser Guidance
• GPS/INS Guidance
• Seekers
• Directed Energy
DE
Tomorrow
SDB I & II
WCMD-ER
JASSM
Today
JSOW
JDAM
WCMD
Yesterday
LGB
Effects
• Service more targets per sortie
• Smaller Warheads
• Minimize collateral damage
Precise, Lethal, Expeditionary
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Increased Carriage
BRU-61
Technologies
• Weapon size
• Bomb rack capability
Tomorrow
Pneumatic
Racks
WCMD
BRU-57
SDB I & II
Today
Smart BRA
JDAM
JSOW
Effects
• Force multiplier
• Targets per sortie
1 “Smart Bomb” per pylon
Yesterday
Persistent, Lethal, Fast, Adaptable / Tailorable
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Extended range
Tomorrow
Technologies
• GPS/INS Guidance
• Standoff with wings
• Seekers
JASSM-ER
JASSM
SDB I & II
WCMD-ER
Today
JSOW
JDAM
WCMD
Effects
• Target access
• Reduces attrition
• Battle field coverage
Yesterday
Resilient, Lethal, Enduring / Persistent
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Improved Mobile Target Kill
Tomorrow
Technologies
•Direct laser or EO / IR
guidance
•Wide area munitions
coverage
•Future seekers and Data Link
WCMD
LGB
Hellfire
Effects
• Deny sanctuary
• Navigation and
impact accuracy
Today
Maverick
Yesterday
Land
Maritime
Agile, Fast, Precise, Interoperable
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Increased Flexibility
Technologies
• Cockpit reprogrammable fuze
• Mixed weapons loadout
• UAI
Tomorrow
Multi-Event Fuzing
Universal Armament
Interface
FMU-152
Today
Joint Programmable Fuze
Yesterday
JDAM and LGB
Effects
• Maximize lethality
• Minimize collateral damage
• Field weapons faster
Interoperable, Adaptable / Tailorable, Agile
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Warhead Versatility
Tomorrow
Technologies
• Varying effects
• Alternate fills
• Self destruct (clean battlefield)
Dial a Yield
Agent Defeat
Today
Penetrator
Penetrator
BLU-113/122
Massive Ordnance Air Burst
SFW
Passive Attack Weapon
Yesterday
(PAW)
Effects
• Deny enemy any sanctuary
• Cleaner battle field
• Weapons tailored to target
Agile, Lethal, Adaptable / Tailorable
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Data Linked
Networked
weapons & platforms
Technologies
• Common message set
• Miniaturized components
• Multi wave forms
Enablers
• Weapon In-Flight Tracking
• Re-Targeting
• Bomb Impact Assessment
• Abort capability
Networked, Knowledge Empowered, Agile, Precise, Adaptable /
Tailorable, Fast, Enduring / Persistent, Lethal
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Summary
• Joint & Combined Warfare is here to stay
• Key Joint Attributes supported by our weapons capabilities
and each Service’s core competencies build a great joint
team
• Weapons of Today are great but Future weapons must be
even Better in order to maintain the clear advantage our
nation enjoys today
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Thank YOU all for helping build the #1 Team in the World
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