Capability white paper shall not exceed 5 pages if submitted in narrative form or 10 pages if submitted in briefing form.Both documents shall be submitted electronically but may be combined for ease of transmittal.Operational DescriptionThe Army plans to continue modernization of the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS).
PR 70041496825995-01-622-8464DEFINITE QUANTITYCABLE ASSEMBLY, SPECQUANTITY: 567END ITEM APPLICATION: AN/GYK-63 AFATDS ADVANCED FIELD ARTILLERY TAC DATA SYSAPPROVED SOURCES:RAYTHEON COMPANY, CAGE 37695, PART 424009-3IF COMPETITVE OFFERS ARE RECEIVED, PRICE MAY BE DETERMINED BY REVERSE AUCTION.The solicitation will include DLAD Procurement Note L09, Reverse Auction.
Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), intends to solicit and award a Firm-Fixed Price contract to Raytheon Company for a requirement of Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) / International Field Artillery Tactical Data System (IFATDS) for Land Forces Communications, Electronics, Ancillaries, Field Service Representative and Installation Support and Training, in support of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case
AFATDS AXS Current Development The Army is developing the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) Artillery Execution Suite (AXS) as a micro-service, open architecture, hardware agnostic, application based, Fires solution (see Attachment 02). It provides an enduring architectural approach to enable mission adaptability and upgrades.
Modeled similar to the Air Force Advance Battle Management System consortium, the contract vehicle would support both the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) and Joint Targeting Integrated Command and Coordination (JTIC2S) programs of record.
AFATDS AXS Current Development Currently, the Army is developing the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) Artillery Execution Suite (AXS) as a micro-service, open architecture, hardware agnostic, application based, Fires solution (see Attachment 02). It provides an enduring architectural approach to enable mission adaptability and upgrades.
MFCS’s capabilities include position/navigation, weapon pointing (weapon applications only), ballistic computation, and the ability to digitally communicate with present and future digital fire support systems including the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) via Advanced Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System Improvement Program (ASIP) combat-net radios.
