Air Armament Symposium

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Air Armament Symposium
4-5 Oct 05

• Maj Gen Jack Catton
• HQ ACC/A8

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Setting the Stage

• Joint Combined Operations are here to stay
• What Todays Weapons bring to the Joint Fight
• What Future Weapons need to bring to the Joint
  Fight

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Joint Warfare

• Joint forces 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

• Knowledge empowered
• Networked
• Interoperable
• Expeditionary
• Adaptable / Tailorable
• Enduring / Persistent
• Precise
• Fast
• Resilient
• Agile
• Lethal

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Weapons Capabilities(ACC/A8s Top 8)

• 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

• Effects
• Deny Weather sanctuary
• Navigation and impact accuracy

JDAM
WCMD
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

• Effects
• Service more targets per sortie
• Smaller Warheads
• Minimize collateral damage

JDAM
WCMD
LGB
Yesterday
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

• Effects
• Force multiplier
• Targets per sortie

JDAM
JSOW
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

• Effects
• Target access
• Reduces attrition
• Battle field coverage

JDAM
WCMD
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

• Effects
• Deny sanctuary
• Navigation and impact accuracy

Today
Hellfire
Maverick
Yesterday
Maritime
Land
Agile, Fast, Precise, Interoperable
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Increased Flexibility
Tomorrow

• Technologies
• Cockpit reprogrammable fuze
• Mixed weapons loadout
• UAI

Multi-Event Fuzing
Today

• Effects
• Maximize lethality
• Minimize collateral damage
• Field weapons faster

Yesterday
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

• Effects
• Deny enemy any sanctuary
• Cleaner battle field
• Weapons tailored to target

SFW
Passive Attack Weapon (PAW)
Yesterday
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 Services 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
• Thank YOU all for helping build the 1 Team in
  the World